CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Hearsay Exceptions re Writings
......Business Records
.........Specific Applications
............Accident & Police Reports
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Accident and police reports are generally not business records.

Accident report of traffic collision inadmissible.

Police and accident reports do not qualify for business records hearsay exception.

Accident reports not based upon first-hand observations of reporting officers are inadmissible as business records.