§ 55-10-118. Multiple Drivers in Vehicle Involved in an Accident
If a motor vehicle is involved in an accident and there is more than one (1) driver of the motor vehicle, only the driver contributing to the accident shall be charged with a violation of the rules of the road compiled in chapter 8 of this title.
§ 55-10-119. Detaining Drivers Involved in Accidents Involving Serious Bodily Injury or Death if Driver Does Not Have Valid Driver License and Evidence of Financial Responsibility
An officer shall detain a driver without a warrant, as provided in § 40-7-103, and bring the driver before a committing magistrate if the driver: Is involved in an accident resulting in: Serious bodily injury, as defined in § 55-50-502; or Death; and Does not have a valid driver license; and Does not have evidence […]
§ 55-10-120. Disclosure of Information to Public — Use of Drugs or Alcohol as Factor in Accident — Requirements
Every law enforcement agency shall have a policy describing when law enforcement personnel may disclose to the public information or law enforcement records concerning the use of drugs or alcohol by a driver as a contributing factor in a motor vehicle accident. The policy required by subsection (a) shall include a requirement that the law […]
§ 55-10-108. Additional Information — Request for Copy of Report — Reports Open to Public Inspection — Prohibited Uses
The department may require any driver of a vehicle involved in an accident of which report must be made as provided in this section to file supplemental reports whenever the original report is insufficient in the opinion of the department and may require witnesses of accidents to render reports to the department. Every law enforcement […]
§ 55-10-109. When Driver Unable to Report
An accident report is not required under this part from any person who is physically incapable of making a report during the period of the incapacity. Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of giving an immediate notice of an accident as required in § 55-10-106, and there was another occupant in the […]
§ 55-10-110. False Reports
Any person who gives information reports as required in §§ 55-10-107 — 55-10-109, knowing or having reason to believe that the information is false, commits a Class C misdemeanor.
§ 55-10-111. Accident Report Forms — Penalty for Failure to Report
The department shall advise all suitable agencies or individuals required to submit accident reports the appropriate method to submit such report. The reports to be made by persons involved in accidents and by investigating officers shall call for sufficiently detailed information to disclose with reference to a traffic accident the cause, conditions then existing, and […]
§ 55-10-112. Coroner’s Report
Every coroner or other official performing like functions shall on or before the tenth day of each month report in writing to the department the death of any person within the coroner’s or other official’s jurisdiction during the preceding calendar month as the result of a traffic accident, giving the time and place of the […]
§ 55-10-113. Garages to Report
The person in charge of any garage or repair shop, to which is brought any motor vehicle that shows evidence of having been involved in an accident of which report must be made as provided in § 55-10-107, or of having been struck by any bullet, shall report to the department within twenty-four (24) hours […]
§ 55-10-114. Public Inspection of Reports Relating to Accidents
All accident reports made by any person or by garages shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting, and shall be for the confidential use of the department or other state agencies having use of the records for accident prevention purposes, or for the administration of the laws of this state relating to the […]