AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 287
AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 287
287—Duties of a driver involved in a crash
(1) A driver involved
in a crash must comply with this rule.
Offence provision.
Note 1—
"Crash" is defined in the dictionary.
Note 2—
The law of this jurisdiction also requires a driver involved in a crash to
stop and give assistance to anyone who is injured.
(2) The driver must
stop at the scene of the crash and give the driver's required particulars,
within the required time and, if practicable, at the scene of the crash,
to—
(a) any
other driver (or that driver's representative) involved in the crash; and
(b) any
other person involved in the crash who is injured, or the person's
representative; and
(c) the
owner of any property (including any vehicle) damaged in the crash (or the
owner's representative), unless, in the case of damage to a vehicle, the
particulars are given to the driver of the vehicle (or the driver's
representative).
(3) The driver must
also give the driver's required particulars, within the required time, to a
police officer if—
(a)
anyone is killed or injured in the crash; or
(b) the
driver does not, for any reason, give the driver's required particulars to
each person mentioned in subrule (2); or
(c) the
required particulars for any other driver involved in the crash are not given
to the driver; or
(d) a
vehicle involved in the crash is towed or carried away by another vehicle
(except if another law of this jurisdiction provides that the crash is not
required to be reported); or
(e) the
crash is required to be reported to a police officer under another law of this
jurisdiction.
SA NOTE—
For South Australia, see regulations 39, 40, 41 and 42 of the Road Traffic
(Road Rules—Ancillary and Miscellaneous Provisions)
Regulations 2014 .
Note—
"Police officer" is defined in the dictionary.
"required particulars", for a driver involved in a crash, means—
(a) the
driver's name and address; and
(b) the
name and address of the owner of the driver's vehicle; and
(c) the
vehicle's registration number (if any); and
(d) any
other information necessary to identify the vehicle,
and, for subrule (3), includes any other information required to be given to a
police officer about the crash under another law of this jurisdiction.
SA NOTE—
For South Australia, see regulation 42 of the Road Traffic (Road
Rules—Ancillary and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2014 .
Note—
"Driver's vehicle" is defined in the dictionary.
"required time", for a driver involved in a crash, means as soon as possible
but, except in exceptional circumstances, within 24 hours after the crash.