§ 603 — Accidents; police authorities and coroners to report

New York § 603

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law VAT: Vehicle & Traffic
• Title 6: Accidents and Accident Reports

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§ 603. Accidents; police authorities and coroners to report. 1. Every\npolice or judicial officer to whom an accident resulting in injury to a\nperson shall have been reported, pursuant to the foregoing provisions of\nthis chapter or pursuant to the provisions of sections twelve hundred\nforty or twelve hundred forty-one of this chapter involving a bicycle\nwith electric assist or pursuant to the provisions of sections twelve\nhundred eighty-seven or twelve hundred eighty-eight of this chapter,\nshall immediately investigate the facts, or cause the same to be\ninvestigated, and report the matter to the commissioner forthwith;\nprovided, however, that the report of the accident is made to the police\nofficer or judicial officer within five days after such accident. Every\ncoroner, or other official performing like functions, shall likewise\nmake a report to the commissioner with respect to all deaths found to\nhave been the result of motor vehicle, motorcycle, electric scooter, or\nbicycle with electric assist accidents. Such report shall include\ninformation regarding the type or types of vehicles involved, including\npassenger motor vehicles, commercial motor vehicles, motorcycles,\nlimited use motorcycles, off-highway motorcycles, electric scooters,\nbicycles with electric assist and/or bicycles. Such report shall include\ninformation on the width and length of trucks, tractors, trailers and\nsemitrailers, which are in excess of ninety-five inches in width or\nthirty-four feet in length and which are involved in such accidents,\nwhether such accident took place in a work area and whether it was being\noperated with an overweight or overdimension permit. Such report shall\ndistinctly indicate and include information as to whether the inflatable\nrestraint system inflated and deployed. Nothing contained in this\nsubdivision shall be deemed to preclude a police officer from reporting\nany other accident which, in the judgment of such police officer, would\nbe required to be reported to the commissioner by the operator of a\nvehicle pursuant to section six hundred five of this article.\n 2. In addition to the requirements of subdivision one of this section,\nevery police officer or judicial officer to whom an accident shall have\nbeen reported involving a commercial vehicle as defined in either\nsubdivision four of section five hundred one-a or subdivision one of\nsection five hundred nine-p of this chapter shall immediately\ninvestigate the facts, or cause the same to be investigated and report\nthe matter to the commissioner forthwith, provided that the report of\nthe accident is made to the police officer or judicial officer within\nfive days after such accident, whenever such accident has resulted in\n(i) a vehicle being towed from the accident scene as the result of\nincurring disabling damage, (ii) a fatality, or (iii) any individual\nbeing transported to a medical facility to receive treatment as the\nresult of physical injury sustained in the accident.\n