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 Department or other state agencies having use for the records for accident prevention purposes, or for the administration of the laws of the state relating to the deposit of security and proof of financial responsibility by persons driving or the owners of motor vehicles; except, that the 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. 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 Department solely to prove a compliance or a failure to comply with the requirement that such a report be made to the Department.
(1991 Code, § 19-169) (Ord. passed 7-19-1979)