2011 Code of Virginia
Title 46.2 MOTOR VEHICLES.
Chapter 8 Regulation of Traffic (46.2-800 thru 46.2-947)
46.2-895 Duty of certain persons accompanying driver to report accidents involving injury, death, or damage ...
46.2-895. Duty of certain persons accompanying driver to report accidents involving injury, death, or damage to attended property.
If the driver fails to stop and make the report required by 46.2-894, every person sixteen years of age or older in the vehicle with the driver at the time of the accident, who has knowledge of the accident, shall have a duty to ensure that a report is made within twenty-four hours from the time of the accident to the State Police or, if the accident occurs in a city or town, to the local law-enforcement agency. The report shall include his name, address, and such other information within his knowledge as the driver is required to report pursuant to 46.2-894.
(Code 1950, 46-189; 1958, c. 541, 46.1-176; 1970, c. 59; 1977, c. 267; 1982, c. 503; 1984, c. 780; 1989, c. 727.)
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