(A) Any person operating a vehicle on the highways of this city who is involved in an accident resulting in fatal or non-fatal personal injury to any person or damage to the vehicle rendering the vehicle inoperable shall be required to immediately notify a police officer. In the event the operator fails to notify or is incapable of notifying a police officer, the responsibility shall rest with the owner of the vehicle or any occupant of the vehicle at the time of the accident. A police officer shall investigate the accident and file a written report of the accident with the police department.
(B) The police department whose officers investigate a vehicle accident of which a report must be made as required in this chapter shall file a report of the accident with the Department of Kentucky State Police within 10 days after investigation of the accident upon forms supplied by the Department.
(C) Any person operating a vehicle on the highways of this city who is involved in an accident resulting in any property damage exceeding $500 in which an investigation is not conducted by a police officer shall file a written report of the accident with the city within 10 days of occurrence of the accident upon forms provided by the city.
(D) All accident reports filed with the city police in compliance with division (C) above shall not be considered open records under KRS 61.870 to 61.884 and shall remain confidential except that the city may disclose the identity of a person involved in an accident when his identity is not otherwise known or when he denies his presence at an accident and make the reports available to the persons named in division (C) of this section. (KRS 189.635) Penalty, see § 70.99 (V)