Duties of driver after crash
19 Duties of driver after crash
(1) If a crash results in injury or damage to a person or property, the driver of a vehicle involved in the crash must:
(a) stop for a sufficient time to allow any necessary enquiries to be made by or on behalf of the person injured or whose property has been damaged; and
render assistance that he or she can at the scene of the crash.
(2) In addition to subregulation (1), the driver must, as soon as practicable and not later than 24 hours after the crash, report the crash and provide the driver's name to:
(a) if the crash has resulted in injury to a person – a police officer at the nearest practicable police station; or
(b) in any other case – a police officer using a method approved by the Commissioner.
(3) Subregulation (2) does not apply if a police officer has taken the particulars of the driver's name and address at the scene of the crash.
In this regulation:
animal means a horse, cattle, buffalo, camel, sheep, pig or dog.
property includes a vehicle or an animal.
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