Current through 2024 Regular Session legislation effective June 6, 2024
Section 811.748 - [Operative 1/1/2025] Driver failure to report accident to police officer or law enforcement agency; penalty(1) The driver of a vehicle commits the offense of driver failure to report a collision if the driver is driving any vehicle that is involved in a collision required to be reported under ORS 811.745 and the driver, if physically capable, does not give notice of the collision immediately to a police officer or a law enforcement agency by the quickest means available.(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a driver does not commit the offense of driver failure to report a collision if: (a) The collision required to be reported under ORS 811.745 results in a serious injury or death; and(b) The driver gives notice of the collision immediately to the emergency communications system by the quickest means available.(3) The offense described in this section, driver failure to report a collision, is a Class A traffic violation.Amended by 2024 Ch. 63,§ 25, eff. 3/27/2024, op. 1/1/2025.Amended by 2015 Ch. 247, § 39, eff. 6/4/2015.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.