287Duties of a driver involved in a crash

287 Duties of a driver involved in a crash

(1)  A driver involved in a crash must comply with this rule.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

Note 1 Crash is defined in the dictionary.

Note 2 The law of this jurisdiction also requires a driver involved in a crash to stop and give assistance to anyone who is injured.

(2)  The driver must stop at the scene of the crash and give the driver’s required particulars, within the required time and, if practicable, at the scene of the crash, to –

(a) any other driver (or that driver’s representative) involved in the crash; and

(b) any other person involved in the crash who is injured, or the person’s representative; and

(c) the owner of any property (including any vehicle) damaged in the crash (or the owner’s representative), unless, in the case of damage to a vehicle, the particulars are given to the driver of the vehicle (or the driver’s representative).

(3)  The driver must also give the driver’s required particulars, within the required time, to a police officer if –

(a) anyone is killed or injured in the crash; or

(b) the driver does not, for any reason, give the driver’s required particulars to each person mentioned in subrule (2); or

(c) the required particulars for any other driver involved in the crash are not given to the driver; or

(d) a vehicle involved in the crash is towed or carried away by another vehicle (except if another law of this jurisdiction provides that the crash is not required to be reported); or

(e) the crash is required to be reported to a police officer under another law of this jurisdiction.

Note Police officer is defined in the dictionary.

(4)  For this rule –

required particulars, for a driver involved in a crash, means –

(a) the driver’s name and address; and