accident reporting

shown73

Does anyone know if relatively minor traffic shunts have to be reported to the police?

IamNotAllowedToUseMyName

shown73 wrote: »

Does anyone know if relatively minor traffic shunts have to be reported to the police?

The rules are if there is damage and the owner is unaware or there is injury then it has to be reported to the police. If someone does not stop at the incident then it should be reported. If there is a danger to other road users (damage, oil spilage etc) contact the police.

A shunt where there are no injuries, parties have exchanged details then no need to report.

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170 Duty of driver to stop, report accident and give information or documents.

(1)This section applies in a case where, owing to the presence of a [F1mechanically propelled vehicle] on a road [F2or other public place], an accident occurs by which—
(a)personal injury is caused to a person other than the driver of that [F1mechanically propelled vehicle], or
(b)damage is caused—
(i)to a vehicle other than that [F1mechanically propelled vehicle] or a trailer drawn by that [F1mechanically propelled vehicle], or
(ii)to an animal other than an animal in or on that [F1mechanically propelled vehicle] or a trailer drawn by that [F1mechanically propelled vehicle], or
(iii)to any other property constructed on, fixed to, growing in or otherwise forming part of the land on which the road [F3or place] in question is situated or land adjacent to such land.
(2)The driver of the [F1mechanically propelled vehicle] must stop and, if required to do so by any person having reasonable grounds for so requiring, give his name and address and also the name and address of the owner and the identification marks of the vehicle.
(3)If for any reason the driver of the [F1mechanically propelled vehicle] does not give his name and address under subsection (2) above, he must report the accident.
(4)A person who fails to comply with subsection (2) or (3) above is guilty of an offence.
(5)If, in a case where this section applies by virtue of subsection (1)(a) above, the driver of [F4a motor vehicle] does not at the time of the accident produce such a certificate of insurance or security, or other evidence, as is mentioned in section 165(2)(a) of this Act—
(a)to a constable, or
(b)to some person who, having reasonable grounds for so doing, has required him to produce it,the driver must report the accident and produce such a certificate or other evidence.
This subsection does not apply to the driver of an invalid carriage.
(6)To comply with a duty under this section to report an accident or to produce such a certificate of insurance or security, or other evidence, as is mentioned in section 165(2)(a) of this Act, the driver—
(a)must do so at a police station or to a constable, and
(b)must do so as soon as is reasonably practicable and, in any case, within twenty-four hours of the occurrence of the accident.
(7)A person who fails to comply with a duty under subsection (5) above is guilty of an offence, but he shall not be convicted by reason only of a failure to produce a certificate or other evidence if, within [F5seven] days after the occurrence of the accident, the certificate or other evidence is produced at a police station that was specified by him at the time when the accident was reported.
(8)In this section “animal” means horse, cattle, !!!, mule, sheep, pig, goat or dog.

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Above taken from Road Traffic Act 1988

Warwick_Hunt

IanMSpencer wrote: »

The rules are if there is damage and the owner is unaware or there is injury then it has to be reported to the police. If someone does not stop at the incident then it should be reported. If there is a danger to other road users (damage, oil spilage etc) contact the police.

A shunt where there are no injuries, parties have exchanged details then no need to report.

If you read the post below yours you'll see you're not 100% correct.

Car_54

shown73 wrote: »

Does anyone know if relatively minor traffic shunts have to be reported to the police?

Have you had a shunt already before passing your theory test?

IamNotAllowedToUseMyName

Warwick_Hunt wrote: »

If you read the post below yours you'll see you're not 100% correct.

There are legal requirements and other things. I'm answering should not must and trying to do it in a simple form rather than translating the legislation which in itself is an incomplete answer as it does not provide case law and interpretation.

Warwick_Hunt

IanMSpencer wrote: »

There are legal requirements and other things. I'm answering should not must and trying to do it in a simple form rather than translating the legislation which in itself is an incomplete answer as it does not provide case law and interpretation.

But there’s legal requirement to report injury unless you fail to produce a crtificate of insurance.

IamNotAllowedToUseMyName

Warwick_Hunt wrote: »

But there’s legal requirement to report injury unless you fail to produce a crtificate of insurance.

Producing an insurance certificate does not absolve you from reporting an injury accident. "I'm sorry your honour, I pinned my insurance to his body so I thought it was ok to go."

Warwick_Hunt

IanMSpencer wrote: »

Producing an insurance certificate does not absolve you from reporting an injury accident. "I'm sorry your honour, I pinned my insurance to his body so I thought it was ok to go."

The road traffic act says it does.

IamNotAllowedToUseMyName

Warwick_Hunt wrote: »

The road traffic act says it does.

Walk me through your interpretation of why you do not need to report an injury accident to the police if you produce an insurance certificate. You'll need to cross reference the clauses and sub-clauses.

I'll take a guess that you've been reading the bit about producing your certificate at a nominated police station.