§ 27-53-207. Tabulation and analysis
(a) The Division of Arkansas State Police shall tabulate and may analyze all accident reports and shall publish annually, or at more frequent intervals, statistical information based thereon as to the number and circumstances of traffic accidents. (b) After collecting the data required by subsection (a) of this section, the division shall further report to […]
§ 27-53-405. Funeral homes not liable for acts of private vehicle operators
(a) It is the purpose and intent of this section to permit funeral homes to attach magnetic signs, pennants, or other identifying signs to privately owned automobiles in a funeral procession to identify the vehicles as part of the procession without assuming any liability or responsibility for acts of the operators of the private vehicles. […]
§ 27-53-208. Use of accident and supplemental reports
(a) (1) All required accident reports and supplemental reports shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting and are for the use of the Division of Arkansas State Police. (2) (A) The division may disclose the identity of a person involved in an accident when the identity is not otherwise known or when the […]
§ 27-54-101. Adoption of compact
The Nonresident Violator Compact of 1977, as amended and in effect on January 1, 1985, hereinafter called “the compact,” is enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: ARTICLE I Findings, Declaration of Policy and Purpose (a) The party jurisdictions find that: (1) In […]
§ 27-53-209. Reports open to public inspection
Except as provided under § 27-53-202(b)(2)(B), all motor vehicle accident reports made by the Division of Arkansas State Police and its records of traffic violations shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times.
§ 27-53-210. Copies — Fee
(a) Except as provided under § 27-53-202(b)(2)(B), photostatic or written copies of reports and records may be obtained from the Director of the Division of Arkansas State Police, or from his or her duly designated assistants, by any person who makes a written request for them to the Division of Arkansas State Police. (b) (1) […]
§ 27-53-211. Inspection of accident reports for safety improvements
(a) (1) It is the duty of the Arkansas Department of Transportation to inspect the data collected and maintained relating to an accident as reported to the department by the Division of Arkansas State Police under § 27-53-207(b). (2) The inspections shall determine, within the judgment of department personnel, whether safety improvements, increased visibility, warning […]
§ 27-53-301. Purpose
The purpose of this subchapter is to promote the public welfare by the reduction of traffic accidents and deaths, injuries, and property damage resulting from accidents and to this end require that all traffic accidents be investigated and reported by qualified law enforcement officers within their jurisdictions.
§ 27-53-302. Definitions
As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Investigating officer” means any state, county, or municipal law enforcement official within his jurisdiction; (2) “Traffic accidents” means accidents occurring to persons, including pedestrians, motor vehicles, and animals, incidental to and as a consequence of the flow of vehicles and pedestrians along the public […]
§ 27-53-303. Jurisdiction and responsibilities of law enforcement officers
(a) Within their jurisdictions, and cooperatively in overlapping jurisdictional situations such as the state highway extensions within municipal corporations, law enforcement officers of Arkansas are declared to be responsible for the investigation and reporting of all traffic accidents and the deaths, injuries, and property damage resulting therefrom. (b) These responsibilities shall be generally as outlined: […]