A. The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident on public or private property resulting in injury to or death of a person or damage to a vehicle that is driven or attended by a person shall:
1. Give the driver's name and address and the registration number of the vehicle the driver is driving.
2. On request, exhibit the person's driver license to the person struck or the driver or occupants of or person attending a vehicle collided with.
3. Render reasonable assistance to a person injured in the accident, including making arrangements for the carrying of the person to a physician, surgeon or hospital for medical or surgical treatment if it is apparent that treatment is necessary or if the carrying is requested by the injured person.
B. If the first vehicle described in subsection A of this section is a fully autonomous vehicle operating without a human driver or a neighborhood occupantless electric vehicle, the requirements of this section are satisfied if both:
1. The vehicle owner or a person on behalf of the vehicle owner promptly contacts a law enforcement agency to report the accident or if the fully autonomous vehicle or neighborhood occupantless electric vehicle alerts a law enforcement agency to the accident.
2. The vehicle owner, a person on behalf of the vehicle owner, the fully autonomous vehicle or a neighborhood occupantless electric vehicle makes the owner's name and address and the registration number of the vehicle available to either:
(a) A person struck by the vehicle.
(b) The occupants of or a person attending a vehicle that is involved in the accident.
C. A person who fails to comply with subsection A, paragraph 1 or 2 of this section is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.
D. A person who fails to comply with subsection A, paragraph 3 of this section is guilty of a class 6 felony. If the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the person's use of intoxicating liquor, any drug listed in section 13-3401, a vapor releasing substance containing a toxic substance or any combination of liquor, drugs or vapor releasing substances was a contributing factor to the accident, the court shall order the person to complete alcohol or other drug screening.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
21
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4 in the last 5 years), 1960–2024 · leading case:
State v. Tinajero, 935 P.2d 928 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1997).
State v. Tinajero, 935 P.2d 928 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1997).
· cites it 9× “Thus, a driver who becomes involved in multiple accidents has a duty created by law to remain at the scene of the accidents and to render aid to those injured and to otherwise comply with the provisions of A.R.S. § 28-663. Defendant’s duty was to remain at the scene.”
State of Arizona v. Powers, 23 P.3d 668 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2001).
· cites it 8× “Immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the accident or as close to the accident scene as possible but shall immediately return to the accident scene.”
Quinn v. Cardenas, 535 P.3d 921 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2023).
· cites it 6× “A.R.S. § 28-663(A). Failure to do so can be a misdemeanor offense.”
State v. Milligan, 349 P.2d 180 (Ariz. 1960).
· cites it 18× “Specifically, it was charged, defendant did not fulfill the requirements of A.R.S. § 28-663 in that he did not give his name, address, and registration number of the vehicle he was driving to the person struck, nor did he render to that person any assistance, nor did he make any…”
State v. Powers, 26 P.3d 1134 (Ariz. 2001).
· cites it 4× “1 Under the statute, a driver who causes an accident resulting in death or serious physical injury and who fails to stop or who stops but fails to comply with A.R.S. § 28-663 2 is guilty of a class 3 *364 felony.”
State v. Porras, 610 P.2d 1051 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1980).
· cites it 4× “§ 28-661 are set forth in A.R.S. § 28-663, as follows: *492 “The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death or any person or damage to any vehicle which is driven or attended by any person shall give his name, address and the registration…”
State v. Hamblin, 797 P.2d 1229 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1990).
· cites it 8× “DUTY Arizona Revised Statutes § 28-661 4 imposes a statutory duty upon motorists to stop and render aid as required by A.R.S. § 28-663 5 to victims injured as a result of a vehicle accident.”
State v. Rodgers, 909 P.2d 445 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1995).
· cites it 4× “§ 28-661, which directs that: The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person shall immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the accident or as close thereto as possible but shall then forthwith return to and in every event…”
State v. Skiles, 704 P.2d 283 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1985).
· cites it 6× “The indictment states, in part, that defendant “failed to remain at the scene of said accident and render aid as required in A.R.S. § 28-663, in violation of A.R.S. §§ 28-661,____” Defendant pled guilty, and at the change of plea hearing the trial court established that…”
State v. Blevins, 623 P.2d 853 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1981).
· cites it 3× “A.R.S. § 28-663 imposes on the driver of any vehicle involved in an accident causing injury or vehicle damage a duty to give information and render aid to the injured.”
State v. Korovkin, 47 P.3d 1131 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2002).
· cites it 2× “Remain at the scene of the accident until the driver has fulfilled the requirements of § 28-663. Section 28-663, A.R.S., provides in relevant part: A.”
State v. Adams, 891 P.2d 251 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1995).
· cites it 7× “”) section 28-663) compel self-incrimination? DISCUSSION A.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 28-663(A) — 5 cases
Quinn v. Cardenas, 535 P.3d 921 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2023).
“A.R.S. § 28-663(A). Failure to do so can be a misdemeanor offense.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 28-663(A)(3) — 1 case
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 28-663(B) — 2 cases
State of Arizona v. Powers, 23 P.3d 668 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2001).
“Immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the accident or as close to the accident scene as possible but shall immediately return to the accident scene.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 28-663(C) — 2 cases
Quinn v. Cardenas, 535 P.3d 921 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2023).
“A.R.S. § 28-663(A). Failure to do so can be a misdemeanor offense.”
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