MREC-15 · MILITARY RECORDS LIBRARY
Vehicle, Accident & Transportation Records
MREC-15: Records needed to reconstruct vehicle/transportation events and determine driver, ownership, duty status, mission purpose, time, place, route, insurance, and claim context.
What this record can establish
Vehicle identity/ownership; driver; dispatch/use authority; crash facts; travel/duty status; damage; insurance or government-claim handling where documented.
What it does not establish automatically
A crash report may record preliminary statements rather than final liability. Government ownership does not by itself establish scope of employment or the applicable claim statute.
Preservation package
Crash report; dispatch/logbook; orders; vehicle registration/ownership; insurance; photos/video; witness statements; medical records; repair/damage records; claims correspondence.
Minimum source metadata
- Stable source ID and record class
- Creator or issuing office
- Document date and covered period
- Subject identifiers
- Repository and exact locator
- Provenance or acquisition note
- Proposition supported and express limits
- Evidence-status code and derivative/OCR/transcription lineage
Evidence testing
- Identity: Is the record tied to the correct person, unit, platform, or event?
- Chronology: Separate document date, effective date, event date, and covered period.
- Institutional purpose: Understand why the record was created and what it was designed to record.
- Corroboration: Seek independent records; copies and derivatives from one source do not create independence.
Evidence status key: D1 direct primary; D2 corroborated primary; S1 authoritative secondary; S2 credible secondary; I inference; C conflict; U unverified; N negative research result.
Connected Life Record chapters
- MLR-09 — Vehicles, Travel & Transportation
- MLR-08 — Medical, Injury & Disability
- MLR-10 — Legal, Discipline & Administrative Record
- MLR-13 — Veteran Lifetime
Related navigation guides
- Vehicle Accidents Military Claims Federal Claims
- Tdy Official Travel Reimbursement
- Household Goods Personal Property Claims
Retrieval and authority status
This page defines the evidence family and preservation method. Repository-specific access rules, privacy limits, request forms, retention schedules, service/era differences, and governing authorities must be verified for the particular record before treating retrieval instructions as final. Start with current official repositories and the linked Navigation Guides.
