61ADuty of driver etc. of vehicle that is not a motor vehicle if accident occurs

61A Duty of driver etc. of vehicle that is not a motor vehicle if accident occurs

(1) If owing to the presence of a specified vehicle an accident occurs whereby any person is injured or any property (including any animal) is damaged or destroyed, the driver of the vehicle—

(a) must immediately stop the vehicle; and

(b) must immediately render such assistance as he or she can; and

(c) must at the scene of the accident as soon as possible give his or her name and address and also the name and address of the owner of the vehicle and the identifying number of the vehicle (if any)—

(i) to any person who has been injured or to the owner of any property which has been damaged or destroyed; or

(ii) to a person representing the injured person or the owner of the property; and

S. 61A(1)(d) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 147.19).

(d) must at the scene of the accident as soon as possible give those names and addresses to any police officer who is present; and

S. 61A(1)(e) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 147.19).

(e) if any person is injured and no police officer is present at the scene of the accident, must as soon as possible report in person full particulars of the accident at the police station that is most accessible from the scene of the accident if that station is open and, if it is not open, at the next most accessible station; and

S. 61A(1)(f) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 147.19).

(f) if any property is damaged or destroyed and neither the owner of the property nor any person representing the owner nor any police officer is present at the scene of the accident, must as soon as possible report in person full particulars of the accident at the police station that is most accessible from the scene of the accident if that station is open and, if it is not open, at the next most accessible station.

(2) If a specified vehicle, which has been left standing on a highway, moves of its own accord from the position in which it was left and is involved in an accident whereby any person is injured or any property (including any animal) is damaged or destroyed, the person who left the vehicle so standing must as soon as possible after becoming aware of the accident comply as far as the circumstances permit with the requirements of subsection (1).

(a) as a result of an accident involving a specified vehicle a person is killed or suffers serious injury; and

(b) the driver of the vehicle knows or ought reasonably to have known that the accident had occurred and had resulted in a person being killed or suffering serious injury; and

(c) the driver of the vehicle does not comply with the requirements of subsection (1)(a) or (1)(b) in relation to the accident—