Indiana § 9-26-1-1.2 Duties of driver of motor vehicle involved in an accident resulting in
traffic obstruction; violation

Indiana Statutes

§ 9-26-1-1.2 — Duties of driver of motor vehicle involved in an accident resulting in traffic obstruction; violation

Indiana § 9-26-1-1.2

Title 9MOTOR VEHICLES

Art. 26ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS

Ch. 1Duties of Drivers, Owners, and Passengers and Accident

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Ind. Code § 9-26-1-1.2 (2026).

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(a)If, after an operator of a motor vehicle is involved in an accident, the operator's motor vehicle comes to a stop in the traveled portion of a highway, the operator shall, as soon as safely possible, move the motor vehicle off the traveled portion of the highway and to a location as close to the accident as possible. However, the operator shall not move the motor vehicle if the accident:

(1)involves the transportation of hazardous materials; or

(2)results in injury or death of a person or the entrapment of a person in a vehicle. A person who violates this subsection commits a Class C infraction.

(b)An operator of a motor vehicle to whom subsection (a) applies, is also subject to section 1.1(a)(2), 1.1(a)(3), and 1.1(a)(4) of this chapter. An operator who knowingly or intentionall

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2. (a) If, after an operator of a motor vehicle is
involved in an accident, the operator's motor vehicle comes to a stop in
the traveled portion of a highway, the operator shall, as soon as safely
possible, move the motor vehicle off the traveled portion of the
highway and to a location as close to the accident as possible.
However, the operator shall not move the motor vehicle if the accident:
(1) involves the transportation of hazardous materials; or
(2) results in injury or death of a person or the entrapment of a
person in a vehicle.
A person who violates this subsection commits a Class C infraction.
(b) An operator of a motor vehicle to whom subsection (a) applies,
is also subject to section 1.1(a)(2), 1.1(a)(3), and 1.1(a)(4) of this
chapter. An operator who knowingly or intentionally fails to comply
with section 1.1(a)(2), 1.1(a)(3), or 1.1(a)(4) of this chapter commits
leaving the scene of an accident, a Class B misdemeanor, and is subject
to the penalties in section 1.1(b) of this chapter.