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A. No person involved in an accident shall conceal or attempt to conceal his or her identity, falsely identify himself or herself, or give false information concerning the accident to any police officer or to any class A special officer to whom the chief of police has delegated the responsibility to obtain information pertaining to the accident.
B. Any person guilty of violating this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. (Prior code title 46, art. 5 § 95)
A. 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 financial responsibility division of the state department of public safety, other state agencies having use for the records for accident prevention purposes, or for the administration of the laws of this state relating to the deposit of security and proof of financial responsibility by persons driving or the owners of motor vehicles; except that the financial responsibility division of the department of public safety of the state 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 an accident, except that the financial responsibility division of the department of public safety and the police 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 financial responsibility division of the department of public safety solely to prove a compliance or a failure to comply with the requirement that such a report be made to the financial responsibility division of the department of public safety of the state. (Prior code title 46, art. 5 § 103)
A. The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person or total property damage to the apparent extent of seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) or more shall forward a written report of such accident to the financial responsibility division of the department of public safety of the state within five (5) days after such accident.
B. The financial responsibility division of the department of public safety may require any driver of a vehicle involved in an accident of which report must be made as provided in this section to file supplemental reports whenever the original report is insufficient, in the opinion of the department, and may require witnesses of accidents to render reports.
C. Every law enforcement officer who investigates a motor vehicle accident of which report must be made as required in this section, either at the time of and at the scene of the accident or thereafter by interviewing participants or witnesses, shall forward a written report of such accident to the financial responsibility division of the department of public safety within twenty four (24) hours after completing such investigation.
D. The city police department shall furnish upon request to any applicant copies of officers' reports of any traffic accident on file in such department. The mayor or the mayor's designee shall propose to the city council a fee for each copy of such report. The city council may consider including such a proposed fee on the Salt Lake City consolidated fee schedule. If the proposed fee is adopted by the city council, it shall be paid by the applicant in the office of the chief of police, which office shall then issue a receipt therefor which must be presented as a condition precedent to the delivery of such report; provided, however, that any person sixty five (65) years of age or over shall be exempt from the payment of such fee. (Ord. 46-16, 2016)
The police department shall furnish forms for accident reports by this title. The written reports to be made by persons involved in accidents and by investigating officers shall call for sufficiently detailed information to disclose, with reference to the traffic accident, the apparent cause, conditions then existing, and the persons and vehicles involved. (Prior code title 46, art. 5 § 100)
The person in charge of any garage or repair shop located in the city who receives a vehicle which shows evidence of having been involved in an accident for which a written report must be made as provided in section 12.16.100 of this chapter, or its successor, or having been struck by any bullet, shall report to the police department, within twenty four (24) hours after such vehicle is received by the garage or repair shop, giving the vehicle identification number, registration number, and the name and address of the owner or operator of such vehicle. If a damaged vehicle sticker describing the damage is affixed to the vehicle, the person in charge of the garage or repair shop is not obligated to give the notification required by this section. (Prior code title 46, art. 5 § 101)