(A) All written accident reports made by drivers, owners, or occupants of vehicles involved in accidents, as required in §§ 70.36 and 70.37, shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting, and shall be for the confidential use of the Police Department or other governmental agencies having use of the records for accident prevention purposes, except that the Police Department may disclose the identity of a person involved in an accident when such identity is not otherwise known, or when such person denies his or her presence at such accident.
(B) No such report shall be used as evidence in any trial, civil or criminal, arising out of any 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 Police Department, solely to prove a compliance or a failure to comply with the requirements that such a report be made to the Department.
(Ord. 306, passed 4-8-81)