(a) The driver of a vehicle involved in a collision resulting in injury to or death of any person or total property damage to an apparent extent of $500.00 or more shall immediately, by the quickest means of communication, give notice of the collision to the police department, if the collision occurs within the city.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the driver of any motor vehicle which collides with another motor vehicle left parked or unattended on any street or highway in the city shall immediately report the collision to the owner of such parked or unattended motor vehicle. Such report shall include the time, date and place of the collision and the driver's name, address, operator's or chauffeur's license number and the registration number of the vehicle being operated by the driver at the time of the collision. Such report may be oral or in writing. If the driver is, for any reason, unable to make the report required by this subsection, such driver shall make and file a report of the collision in the same manner and subject to the same requirements as in the case of a collision as provided in subsection (a) of this section. Any report made pursuant to this subsection shall be competent in any civil action for the sole purpose of establishing the identity of the person operating the moving vehicle at the time of colliding with the parked or unattended vehicle.
(c) The police department may require the driver of a vehicle involved in a collision which is required to be reported by this section to file a supplemental report when the original report is insufficient, in the opinion of the department, and the department may require witnesses of a collision to render reports.
(d) Violation of this section shall be an infraction and shall be punishable as provided in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-4.
(Code 1965, § 28-14; Ord. No. 4910, § 2, 11-9-21)
State law reference(s)—Similar provisions, G.S. 20-166.1.