Western Australian Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1974 - SECT 55

55 .         Damage to property: duty to stop and give information

        (1)         If a vehicle driven by a person (the driver ) is involved in an incident in which any property is damaged, the driver must stop immediately after the occurrence of the incident and for as long as is necessary to comply with subsection (4).

        Penalty: a fine of 30 PU.

        (2)         If in the opinion of the court an offence under subsection (1) is of a sufficiently serious nature the court may make an order disqualifying the offender from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence for such period as it thinks fit.

        (3)         It is a defence to a charge of an offence under subsection (1) for the accused to prove that the accused was not aware of the occurrence of the incident.

        (4)         If a vehicle driven by a person (the driver ) is involved in an incident in which any property is damaged, the driver must, if required to do so by a person whose property was damaged in the incident or a representative of that person or a member of the Police Force, give the driver’s name and address and, if known to the driver, the name and address of a responsible person for the vehicle.

        Penalty: a fine of 30 PU.

        (5)         It is a defence to a charge of an offence under subsection (1) or (4) for the accused to prove that the accused could not comply with a requirement in that subsection because of an injury suffered by the accused in the incident.

        [Section 55 inserted by No. 39 of 2007 s. 20.]