USA Statutes : alabama
Title : Title 32 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC.
Chapter : Chapter 10 MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS.
Section 32-10-1Section 32-10-1
Accidents involving death or personal injuries.
(a) The driver of any motor vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or the death of any person, or in damage to a motor vehicle or other vehicle which is driven or attended by any person, shall immediately stop such vehicle at the scene of such accident or as close thereto as possible and shall then forthwith return to and in every event shall remain at the scene of the accident until he has fulfilled the requirements of Section 32-10-3. Every such stop shall be made without obstructing traffic more than is necessary.
(b) The director shall revoke the driver's license of a person convicted under this section.
(Acts 1943, No. 558, p. 548, §2.)Section 32-10-10Section 32-10-10
Garages to report accident and bullet damage.
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 report must be made as provided in Section 32-10-7, or struck by any bullet shall report to the director within 24 hours after such motor vehicle is received, giving the engine number, registration number and the name and address of the owner or operator of such vehicle.
(Acts 1943, No. 558, p. 548, §10.)Section 32-10-11Section 32-10-11
Accident reports confidential.
All accident reports made by persons involved in accidents or by garages shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting and shall be for the confidential use of the director or of other state agencies having use for the records for accident prevention purposes; except, that the director may disclose the identity of a person involved in an accident when such identity is not otherwise known or when such person denies his presence at such accident. No such report shall be used as evidence in any trial, civil or criminal, arising out of an accident; except, that the department shall furnish upon demand of any person who has, or claims to have made such a report, or, upon demand of any court, a certificate showing that a specified accident report has or has not been made to the director solely to prove a compliance or a failure to comply with the requirement that such a report be made to the director.
(Acts 1943, No. 558, p. 548, §11.)Section 32-10-12Section 32-10-12
Director to tabulate and analyze accident reports and make available to Director of Transportation .
The director shall tabulate and 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. The director shall make available to the state Director of Transportation all accident reports so that he may obtain sufficient detailed information so as to provide data for surveillance of traffic for detection and correction of high or potentially high accident locations.
(Acts 1943, No. 558, p. 548, §12; Acts 1969, No. 272, p. 603.)Section 32-10-2Section 32-10-2
Duty to give information and render aid.
The driver of any motor vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or the death of any person or damage to any vehicle which is driven or attended by any person shall give his name, address and the registration number of the vehicle he is driving, shall upon request exhibit his driver's license to the person struck or the driver or occupant of or person attending any motor or other vehicle collided with or damaged and shall render to any person injured in such accident reasonable assistance, including the transportation of, or the making of arrangements for the transportation of such person to a physician or hospital for medical or surgical treatment, if it is apparent that such treatment is necessary or if such transportation is requested by the injured person.
(Acts 1943, No. 558, p. 548, §3.)Section 32-10-3Section 32-10-3
Duty upon striking unattended vehicle.
The driver of any motor vehicle which collides with any motor vehicle or other vehicle which is unattended shall immediately stop and shall then and there either locate and notify the operator or owner of such vehicle of the name and address of the driver and owner of the vehicle striking the unattended vehicle or shall leave in a conspicuous place in or on the vehicle struck a written notice giving the name and address of the driver and/or the owner of the vehicle doing the striking and a statement of the circumstances thereof.
(Acts 1943, No. 558, p. 548, §4.)Section 32-10-4Section 32-10-4
Duty upon striking fixtures upon a highway.
The driver of any motor vehicle involved in an accident resulting only in damage to fixtures legally upon or adjacent to a highway shall take reasonable steps to locate and notify the owner or person in charge of such property of such fact and of his name and address and of the registration number of the vehicle he is driving and shall upon request exhibit his driver's license and shall make report of such accident when and as required in Section 32-10-5.
(Acts 1943, No. 558, p. 548, §5.)Section 32-10-5Section 32-10-5
Immediate reports of accidents.
(a) The driver of any motor vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or the death of any person shall immediately by the quickest means of communication give notice of such accident to the local police department if such accident occurs within a municipality; otherwise to the office of the county sheriff or to the state highway patrol.
(b) Every coroner or other official performing like functions upon learning of the death of a person in his jurisdiction as the result of a traffic accident shall immediately notify the nearest office of the director.
(Acts 1943, No. 558, p. 548, §6.)Section 32-10-6Section 32-10-6
Penalty for violation of Sections 32-10-1 through 32-10-5.
Every person convicted of violating Sections 32-10-1 through 32-10-5 or any of the provisions thereof, when such violation involved only damage to property, shall be punished the same as prescribed by law for a Class A misdemeanor; provided, however, that every person convicted of violating such sections, or any provisions thereof, when such violation involved death or personal injury, shall be punished the same as prescribed by law for a Class C felony.
(Acts 1945, No. 427, p. 670; Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-918, p. 197.)Section 32-10-7Section 32-10-7
Written reports of accidents.
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 24 hours after completing such investigation, forward the necessary completed written report or copy thereof of such accident to the director on the uniform accident report form supplied by the director.
(Acts 1943, No. 558, p. 548, §7; Acts 1951, No. 128, p. 355; Acts 1969, No. 272, p. 603.)Section 32-10-8Section 32-10-8
Accident report forms.
(a) The director shall prepare and upon request supply to police departments, coroners, sheriffs, garages and other suitable agencies or individuals, uniform accident report forms required under this chapter. The required written accident report or citation to be made by persons involved in accidents or charged with a moving violation and by investigating officers shall call for sufficiently detailed information, to disclose with reference to a traffic accident, including but not limited to location of accident, probable cause, injuries to persons, property damage, deaths of persons, registration of vehicles involved including license numbers, name, address, Social Security number and driver's license number of operator, highway design and maintenance (including lighting, markings and road surface) and names and addresses of witnesses.
(b) Every accident report required to be made in writing shall be made on the uniform accident report form approved and supplied by the director and shall contain all available information required therein.
(Acts 1943, No. 558, p. 548, §8; Acts 1969, No. 272, p. 603; Acts 1980, No. 80-803, p. 1635.)Section 32-10-9Section 32-10-9
Coroners to report.
Every coroner or other official performing like functions shall on or before the tenth day of each month report in writing to the director the death of any person within his jurisdiction during the preceding calendar month as the result of an accident involving a motor vehicle and the circumstances of such accident.
(Acts 1943, No. 558, p. 548, §9.) 
