(A) Immediate notice of accident. The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person or total damage to all property to an apparent extent of $25 or more shall immediately by the quickest means of communication give notice of such accident to the Police Department if such accident occurs within the town.
(Prior Code, Title VII, Ch. I, Art. III, § 3.9)
(B) Written report of accident.
(1) 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 total damage to all property to an apparent extent of $750 or more shall, within five days after such accident, forward a written report of such accident to the Police Department.
(2) The provisions of this division (B) shall not be applicable when the accident has been investigated at the scene by a police officer while such driver was present thereat.
(Prior Code, Title VII, Ch. I, Art. III, § 3.10)
(C) When driver unable to report.
(1) Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of giving an immediate notice of an accident as required in division (A) above and there was another occupant in the vehicle at the time of the accident capable of doing so, such occupant shall make or cause to be given the notice not given by the driver.
(2) Whenever the driver is physically incapable of making a written report of an accident as required in division (B) above and such driver is not the owner of the vehicle involved in such accident, the owner of such vehicle shall within five days after the accident make such report not made by the driver.
(Prior Code, Title VII, Ch. I, Art. III, § 3.11)
(D) Public inspection of reports relating to accidents.
(1) A written 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 Police Department or other governmental agencies having use for the records for accident prevention purposed; except that, the Police Department or other governmental agency 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.
(2) No written reports forwarded under the provisions of the section shall be used as evidence in any trial, civil or criminal, arising out of an accident except that the Police Department shall furnish upon demand of any party to such trial, or upon demand of any court, a certificate showing that a specified accident report has or has not been made to the Department in compliance with law and, if such report has been made, the date, time and location of the accident, the names and addresses of the drivers, the owners of the vehicles involved and the investigating officers.
(Prior Code, Title VII, Ch. I, Art. III, § 3.12)