§ 27-53-206. Approved forms to be used
(a) (1) The Division of Arkansas State Police shall prepare and upon request supply to police departments, coroners, sheriffs, and other suitable agencies or individuals forms for accident reports required under this subchapter. (2) (A) The reports shall call for sufficiently detailed information to disclose with reference to a traffic accident the cause, conditions then […]
§ 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 […]
§ 27-53-208. 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 […]
§ 27-53-209. 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 […]
§ 27-53-201. Penalty
(a) Any person who fails or refuses to comply with § 27-53-202 or § 27-53-203 shall be punished upon a conviction in the county where the accident occurred by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). (b) For willful refusal to comply with § 27-53-202 […]
§ 27-53-202. Reports of accidents required — Supplemental reports
(a) The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person or total property damage to an apparent extent of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more shall notify the nearest law enforcement agency immediately. All persons involved in the accident shall make themselves readily available to the […]
§ 27-53-203. Incapacity to make report
(a) Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of reporting an accident, as required by § 27-53-202(a), and there was another occupant in the vehicle at the time of the accident capable of making a report, the occupant shall make or cause to be made the report. (b) Whenever the driver of any […]
§ 27-53-204. Coroners to report deaths
Every coroner, or other official performing like functions, on or before the tenth day of each month, shall report in writing to the Department of Arkansas State Police the death of any person within his or her jurisdiction during the preceding calendar month as the result of an accident involving a motor vehicle and the […]