(A) The provisions of this section shall apply upon public roadways, streets, highways, turnpikes, alleys, municipal property and public parking lots within the city limits of the city.
(B) (1) The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person or 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 thereto as possible, but shall forthwith return to and in every event shall remain at the scene of the accident until he or she has fulfilled the requirements of division (C) below.
(2) Every stop shall be made without obstructing traffic more than is necessary.
(C) The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person or damage to any vehicle which is driven or attended by any person shall give his or her correct name, address and registration number of the vehicle he or she is driving, and shall upon request and if available, exhibit his or her operator’s or chauffeur’s license to the person struck or the driver or occupant of or person attending any vehicle collided with, and shall render to any person injured in an accident reasonable assistance, including the carrying or the making of arrangements for the carrying of the person to a physician, surgeon or hospital for medical or surgical treatment if it is apparent that the treatment is necessary or if the carrying is requested by the injured person.
(D) The driver of any vehicle which collides with any vehicle which is unattended shall immediately stop and shall then and there either locate and notify the operator or owner of the vehicle of the correct name and address of the driver and owner of the vehicle striking the unattended vehicle or shall leave in a conspicuous place in the vehicle struck, a written notice giving the name and address of the driver and of the owner of the vehicle doing the striking and a statement of the circumstances thereof.
(E) The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting only in damage to fixtures or other property legally upon or adjacent to a public roadway, a street, a highway, a turnpike, an alley, municipal property or a public parking lot, shall take reasonable steps to locate and notify the owner or person in charge of the property of the fact and of his or her name and address and of the registration number of the vehicle he or she is driving and shall upon request and if available exhibit his or her operator’s or chauffeur’s license and shall make report of the accident when and as required in division (G) below.
(F) The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person shall immediately, by the quickest means of communication, give notice of the accident to the Police Department after complying with division (C) above.
(G) The driver of a vehicle which is in any manner involved in an accident resulting in bodily injury to or death of any person or in which it is apparent that damage to one vehicle or other property is in excess of $300 shall, within ten days of the accident, report the accident in writing to the Police Department. Making out a written report of the accident in the Office of the Police Department as soon as is practicable after the accident to be forwarded to the Department of Public Safety of the state, in accordance with the applicable state statutory law, 47 O.S. § 10-108, shall also be deemed compliance with this section.
(H) (1) An accident report is not required under this section from any person who is physically incapable of making a report during the period of the incapacity.
(2) Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of giving an immediate notice of an accident as required in division (F) above and there was another occupant in the vehicle at the time of the accident capable of doing so, the occupant shall make or cause to be given the notice not given by the driver.
(I) Any person convicted of failing to comply with any provision of this section shall be punished as provided herein.
(`90 Code, § 20-13) (Ord. 2652, passed - -)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see 47 O.S. §§ 10-101 et seq.