Crushing vehicles

Policy on how to handle crushing vehicles and when to designate the vehicle for dismantle purposes only (DPO).

Policy

The policy applies, when a total loss is the result of flood damage, and the vehicle is designated a DPO.

When the vehicle ...	Then the vehicle must be ...
meets the definition of flood damage	designated DPO, and crushed. Components of a flood damaged vehicle may not be used as donor parts for repairing or rebuilding other vehicles, unless the donor part is: determined to be unaffected by the flooding occurrence, or cleaned and tested, to ensure no toxic hazard or contamination remains.
is contaminated by a toxic fluid and rendered unsafe due to toxic hazard, or exposed to contaminated water (e.g., salt water, fertilizer, sewage, chemical or heavy particulate)	designated DPO sold by ICBC salvage department, and crushed.

When the vehicle ...

Then the vehicle must be ...

meets the definition of flood damage

designated DPO, and
crushed.

Components of a flood damaged vehicle may not be used as donor parts for repairing or rebuilding other vehicles, unless the donor part is:

determined to be unaffected by the flooding occurrence, or
cleaned and tested, to ensure no toxic hazard or contamination remains.

is contaminated by a toxic fluid and rendered unsafe due to toxic hazard, or
exposed to contaminated water (e.g., salt water, fertilizer, sewage, chemical or heavy particulate)

designated DPO
sold by ICBC salvage department, and
crushed.

Exceptions

A vehicle may be exempt from receiving non-repairable flood status when:

none of the vehicle’s major electrical system components have been immersed in, or covered by liquid
the vehicle has limited and basic electrical components available, due to the vehicle’s collectible (i.e., manufactured in 1971 or earlier) value, or
the vehicle
- was subjected to fresh water flooding without the presence of harmful or toxic contaminants, and
- may be safely repaired.

Important: All exceptions must be approved by the operations salvage services manager or operations estimating services manager, and documented in the claim file.