2021 Colorado Code
Title 42 - Vehicles and Traffic
Article 4 - Regulation of Vehicles and Traffic
Part 16 - Accidents and Accident Reports
§ 42-4-1605. Duty Upon Striking Highway Fixtures or Traffic Control Devices
The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting only in damage to fixtures or traffic control devices upon or adjacent to a highway shall notify the road authority in charge of such property of that fact and of the driver's name and address and of the registration number of the vehicle he or she is driving and shall make report of such accident when and as required in section 42-4-1606 . Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class 2 misdemeanor traffic offense.
History. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2401, § 1, effective January 1, 1995.
Editor's note:
This section is similar to former § 42-4-1405 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-1605 was relocated to § 42-4-1805 .
ANNOTATIONAnnotator's note. Since § 42-4-1605 is similar to § 42-4-1405 as it existed prior to the 1994 amending of title 42 as enacted by SB 94-1, a relevant case construing that provision has been included with the annotations to this section.
Area preempted by state. This section covers the subject matter of a driver's “duty upon striking highway fixtures”, and this field has been preempted by the state. City of Aurora v. Mitchell, 144 Colo. 526 , 357 P.2d 923.
