49-1301. ACCIDENTS INVOLVING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. (1) The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident, either on public or private property open to the public, resulting only in damage to a vehicle which is driven or attended by any person shall immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the accident, or as close […]
49-1302. DUTY TO GIVE INFORMATION IN ACCIDENT INVOLVING DAMAGE TO A VEHICLE. (1) The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in damage to any vehicle which is driven or attended by any person shall, at the scene of the accident, give his name, address and, if available, at the scene of the […]
49-1303. DUTY UPON STRIKING UNATTENDED VEHICLE. The driver of any vehicle which collides with any unattended vehicle shall immediately stop, and then and there either locate and notify the operator or owner of the vehicle of the name and address of the driver and owner of the vehicle striking the unattended vehicle, or shall leave […]
49-1304. DUTY UPON STRIKING FIXTURES UPON OR ADJACENT TO A HIGHWAY. The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in damage to fixtures or other property legally upon or adjacent to a highway shall take reasonable steps to locate and notify the owner or person in charge of the property of the fact, […]
49-1305. IMMEDIATE NOTICE OF ACCIDENTS. (1) The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person, or damage to the property of any one (1) person in excess of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) shall immediately, by the quickest means of communication, give notice of the […]
49-1306. WRITTEN REPORTS OF ACCIDENTS. (1) Every law enforcement officer, who in the regular course of duty investigates a motor vehicle accident, either at the time of and at the scene of the accident, or thereafter by interviewing participants or witnesses, shall within twenty-four (24) hours after completing the investigation forward a written report of […]
49-1307. ACCIDENT REPORT FORMS. (1) The department shall prepare and upon request supply to police departments, coroners, sheriffs, garages, and other suitable agencies or individuals, forms for written accident reports required by this chapter, appropriate with respect to the persons required to make those reports and the purposes to be served. Written reports shall call […]
49-1308. FILING FALSE ACCIDENT REPORTS. It is unlawful for any person to file an accident report knowing the same to be false. History: [49-1308, added 1988, ch. 265, sec. 329, p. 742.]
49-1309. CORONERS TO REPORT. Every coroner or other official performing like functions shall, on or before the 10th day of each month, report in writing to the department the death of any person within his jurisdiction during the preceding calendar month as the result of a traffic accident, giving the time and place of the […]
49-1310. GARAGES TO REPORT. The person in charge of any garage or repair shop to which is brought any motor vehicle which shows evidence of having been involved in an accident of which a report is required as provided in section 49-1306, Idaho Code, or struck by any bullet, shall report to the local police […]
49-1311. ACCIDENT REPORTS. All accident reports made by garages shall be without prejudice to the individual reporting and shall be subject to disclosure according to chapter 1, title 74, Idaho Code, and shall be used for accident prevention purposes. History: [49-1311, added 1988, ch. 265, sec. 332, p. 742; am. 1990, ch. 213, sec. 70, […]
49-1312. DEPARTMENT TO TABULATE AND ANALYZE ACCIDENT REPORTS. The department 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 of circumstances of traffic accidents. History: [49-1312, added 1988, ch. 265, sec. 333, p. 743.]
49-1313. ANY INCORPORATED CITY MAY REQUIRE ACCIDENT REPORTS. Any incorporated city may by ordinance require that the driver of a vehicle involved in an accident also file with a designated city department a report of an accident or a copy of any report required to be filed with the department. All such reports shall be […]
49-1314. TESTING BLOOD OF PERSONS KILLED IN ACCIDENTS. (1) The director of the Idaho state police, jointly with the various county coroners, shall provide a system and procedure whereby all coroners in Idaho shall obtain blood samples from all pedestrians and motor vehicle operators who have died as a result of and contemporaneously with an […]
49-1315. REPORT AND INVESTIGATION OF TRAFFIC HAZARD CAUSING ACCIDENT. Whenever any investigation or judicial action stemming from a traffic accident which resulted in death or injury to any person or damage to any property in an apparent extent of five hundred dollars ($500) or more results in a finding that a physical traffic hazard caused […]
49-1316. ERECTION OF MEMORIALS TO PERSONS KILLED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. As a means of promoting safety upon the highways of this state, the transportation department, the state police and other law enforcement officers shall permit relatives or friends of a person killed in a traffic accident upon a highway of the state, with the consent […]
