ARTICLE 11 - ACCIDENTS
31-5-1101.� Duty to stop vehicle where accident involves death or personal injuries; penalties.
(a)� The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person shall immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the accident or as close thereto as possible but shall then forthwith return to and in every event shall remain at the scene of the accident until he has fulfilled the requirements of W.S. 31-5-1103. Every stop shall be made without obstructing traffic more than is necessary.
(b)� Any person failing to stop or to comply with subsection (a) of this section shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned not more than one (1) year, fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
31-5-1102.� Duty to stop vehicle where accident involves damage to attended vehicle or property; penalty.
The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting only in damage to a vehicle or other property which is driven or attended by any person shall immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the accident or as close thereto as possible, but shall forthwith return to and remain at the scene of the accident until he has fulfilled the requirements of W.S. 31-5-1103. Every stop shall be made without obstructing traffic more than is necessary. Any person failing to stop or comply with this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
31-5-1103.� Duty to give information and render aid.
The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person or damage to any vehicle or other property which is driven or attended by any person shall give his name, address and the registration number of the vehicle he is driving and shall upon request and if available exhibit his driver's license to the person injured in the accident or to the driver or occupant of or person attending any vehicle or other property damaged in the accident and to any police officer at the scene of or who is investigating the accident. The driver shall also render to any person injured in the accident reasonable assistance, including the carrying, or the making of arrangements for the carrying, of the person to a physician, surgeon or hospital for medical or surgical treatment if it is apparent that the treatment is necessary or if the carrying is requested by the injured person.
31-5-1104.� Duty upon colliding with unattended vehicle or property.
The driver of any vehicle which collides with or is involved in an accident with any vehicle or other property which is unattended resulting in any damage to the other vehicle or other property shall immediately stop and shall immediately either locate and notify the operator or owner of the vehicle or other property of his name, address and the registration number of the vehicle he is driving or shall attach securely in a conspicuous place in or on the vehicle or other property a written notice giving his name, address and the registration number of the vehicle he is driving.� Every stop shall be made without obstructing traffic more than is necessary.
31-5-1105.� Notice required of driver.
The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person, in property damage to another or others to an apparent extent of at least one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or in any vehicle, excluding bicycles or any other vehicle moved solely by human power, becoming so disabled as to prevent its normal and safe operation, shall immediately by the quickest means of communication give notice of the accident to the local police department if the accident occurs within a municipality, otherwise to the nearest office of the state highway patrol or to the office of the county sheriff.
31-5-1106.� Written reports required of driver and police officer; reporting of vehicles struck by bullets.
(a)� The driver of a vehicle which is involved in an accident resulting in bodily injury to or death of any person or total property damage to an apparent extent of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or more shall, within ten (10) days after the accident, forward a written report of the accident to the highway department.
(b)� The department 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.
(c)� Every police 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 the participants or witnesses shall forward a written report of the accident to the highway department within ten (10) days after his investigation of the accident.
(d)� The person in charge of any garage or repair shop to which is brought any motor vehicle which shows evidence of having been struck by any bullet, shall report to the local police department if the garage is located within a municipality, otherwise to the county sheriff or nearest office of the state highway patrol, within twenty-four (24) hours after the motor vehicle is received by the garage or repair shop, giving the identifying number, registration number and the name and address of the owner or driver of the vehicle.
31-5-1107.� Duty of occupant and owner when driver incapable of reporting.
(a)� An accident report is not required under W.S. 31-5-1106 from any person who is physically incapable of making report during the period of incapacity.
(b)� Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of giving an immediate notice of an accident as required in W.S. 31-5-1105 and there was another occupant in the vehicle at the time of the accident capable of doing so, the occupant shall make or cause to be given the notice not given by the driver.
(c)� Whenever the driver is physically incapable of making a written report of an accident as required in W.S. 31-5-1106 and the driver is not the owner of the vehicle, then the owner of the vehicle involved in the accident shall within ten (10) days after the accident make the report not made by the driver.
31-5-1108.� Report forms; failure to make report; false report.
(a)� The highway department shall prepare and upon request supply to police departments, coroners, sheriffs and other suitable agencies or individuals, forms for accident reports required hereunder, appropriate with respect to the persons required to make the reports and the purposes to be served. 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 a traffic accident the cause, conditions then existing and the persons and vehicles involved.
(b)� Every accident report required to be made in writing shall be made on the appropriate form approved by the highway department and shall contain all of the information required therein unless not available.
(c)� Every accident report shall also contain information sufficient to enable the department to determine whether the requirements for the deposit of security under any of the laws of this state are inapplicable by reason of the existence of insurance or other exceptions specified therein.
(d)� Any person convicted of failing to make a report as required herein shall be punished as provided in W.S. 31-5-1201.
(e)� A person shall not give information in oral or written reports as required in W.S. 31-5-1101 through 31-5-1111 knowing or having reason to believe that the information is false.
31-5-1109.� Repealed by Laws 1985, ch. 212, � 4.
31-5-1110.� Confidentiality of reports; exceptions.
(a)� All accident reports made by persons involved in accidents shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting and shall be for the confidential use of the department or other state agencies having use for the records for accident prevention purposes, except that:
(i)� The highway department may disclose the identity of a person involved in an accident when the identity is not otherwise known or when the person denies his presence at the accident;
(ii)� The highway department shall disclose to any person requesting such information whether any person or vehicle was covered by a vehicle insurance policy and the name of the insurer.
(b)� All accident reports and supplemental information filed in connection with the administration of the laws of this state relating to the deposit of security or proof of financial responsibility shall be confidential and not open to general public inspection, nor shall copying of lists of the reports be permitted except the reports and supplemental information may be examined by any person named therein or by his representative designated in writing.
(c)� No written reports forwarded under this section shall be used as evidence in any trial, civil or criminal, arising out of an accident except for prosecutions for filing false reports and, except that the highway department shall furnish upon demand of any party to the trial, or upon demand of any court, a certificate showing that a specified accident report has or has not been made to the highway department in compliance with law, and, if a 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.
31-5-1111.� Reports required by municipalities.
Any municipality may by ordinance require that the driver of a vehicle involved in an accident, or the owner of the vehicle, shall also file with a designated city department a report of the accident or a copy of any report herein required to be filed with the highway department. All reports shall be for the confidential use of the city department and subject to W.S. 31-5-1110.
31-5-1112.� Tabulation and analysis of reports.
The� department shall tabulate and may analyze all accident reports and shall publish annually, or at more frequent intervals,� statistical information based thereon as to the number and circumstances of traffic accidents.