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Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 28-672 (2026)

Causing serious physical injury or death by a moving violation; time limitation; penalties; violation; classification; definition

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28-672. Causing serious physical injury or death by a moving violation; time limitation; penalties; violation; classification; definition

A. A person is guilty of causing serious physical injury or death by a moving violation if the person violates any one of the following and the violation results in an accident causing serious physical injury or death to another person:

1. Section 28-645, subsection A, paragraph 3, subdivision (a).

2. Section 28-710.

3. Section 28-729.

4. Section 28-771.

5. Section 28-772.

6. Section 28-773.

7. Section 28-792.

8. Section 28-794.

9. Section 28-797, subsection F, G, H or I.

10. Section 28-855, subsection B.

11. Section 28-857, subsection A.

12. Section 28-914.

B. A person who violates this section shall attend and successfully complete traffic survival school educational sessions that are designed to improve the safety and habits of drivers and that are approved by the department. In addition, the court may order the person to perform community restitution.

C. The court shall report a conviction for a violation of this section to the department and:

1. For a first violation of this section, shall direct the department to suspend the person's driving privilege or restrict the person's driving privilege as described in section 28-144 for at least ninety days and not more than one hundred eighty days if the violation results in serious physical injury and at least one hundred eighty days and not more than one year if the violation results in death.

2. For a second or subsequent violation of this section within a period of thirty-six months, shall direct the department to suspend the person's driving privilege for one hundred eighty days if the violation results in serious physical injury and one year if the violation results in death.

D. If a person's driving privilege is suspended pursuant to any other statute because of an incident involving a violation of this section, the suspension period prescribed in subsection C of this section shall run consecutively with the other suspension period.

E. If a person fails to successfully complete traffic survival school educational sessions or perform community restitution pursuant to this section, the court shall notify the department and the department shall promptly suspend the driver license or permit of the driver or the privilege of a nonresident to drive a motor vehicle in this state until the order is satisfied.

F. If the person who suffers serious physical injury as a result of a violation of this section appears before the court in which the action is pending at any time before trial and acknowledges receipt of satisfaction for the injury, on payment of the costs incurred, the court shall order that the prosecution be dismissed and the defendant be discharged. The reasons for the order shall be set forth and entered of record, and the order shall be a bar to another prosecution for the same offense.

G. Restitution awarded pursuant to section 13-603 as a result of a violation of this section shall not exceed $100,000.

H. A prosecution for a violation of this section must be commenced within two years after actual discovery of the offense by the state or the political subdivision having jurisdiction or discovery by the state or the political subdivision that should have occurred with the exercise of reasonable diligence, whichever first occurs.

I. A person who violates this section is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.

J. For the purposes of this section, "serious physical injury" has the same meaning prescribed in section 13-105.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (7 in the last 5 years), 2008–2024 · leading case: State of Arizona v. Vivek a Patel, 486 P.3d 188 (Ariz. 2021).
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State of Arizona v. Vivek a Patel, 486 P.3d 188 (Ariz. 2021). · cites it 44× “¶3 A driver who violated § 28-672 before 2006 was only responsible for a civil penalty.”
State v. Russo, 196 P.3d 826 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “”); see also A.R.S. §§ 28-672(D) (2004), 28-695(C) (2004), 28-708(F) (2004), 28-1381(K)(4) (2004), 28-1382(D), (F)(2004), 28-1383(2004).”
State v. Patel, 452 P.3d 712 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 17× “FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY ¶2 In municipal court, Vivek Patel was convicted of violating A.R.S. § 28-672(A), which criminalizes moving violations that cause serious physical injury or death.”
State v. Mata, 550 P.3d 619 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 17× “by a moving violation under § 28-672, a class 1 misdemeanor. AHCCCS requested restitution from Mata for the medical bills it had paid for F.”
State v. Hon gordon/owen, 544 P.3d 673 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 16× “” A.R.S. § 28-672; 1998 Ariz. Sess. Laws, ch.”
State v. Gilmore (Ariz. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 4× “See A.R.S. § 28-672(A)(1). We review the denial of a requested jury instruction for an abuse of discretion.”
State v. Etienne (Ariz. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 4× “¶32 Etienne contends he was entitled to an instruction under A.R.S. § 28-672, which makes it a class 1 misdemeanor to seriously injure or kill someone as a result of violating a traffic regulation.”
Amy Purdy v. Hon. D. Douglas Metcalf (Ariz. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 2× “¶6 Hernandez was charged with two counts of violating A.R.S. § 28-672, which makes a civil traffic violation a criminal misdemeanor when the violation causes serious physical injury or death.”
State v. Teran, 510 P.3d 502 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “Lesser-Included Offense ¶35 Teran argues the superior court erred by refusing his request to instruct the jury under A.R.S. § 28-672 as a lesser-included offense of the second-degree murder charge.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 28-672(A) — 1 case
State v. Patel, 452 P.3d 712 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2019). “FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY ¶2 In municipal court, Vivek Patel was convicted of violating A.R.S. § 28-672(A), which criminalizes moving violations that cause serious physical injury or death.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 28-672(A)(1) — 2 cases
State v. Hon gordon/owen, 544 P.3d 673 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2024). “” A.R.S. § 28-672; 1998 Ariz. Sess. Laws, ch.”
State v. Gilmore (Ariz. Ct. App. 2021). “See A.R.S. § 28-672(A)(1). We review the denial of a requested jury instruction for an abuse of discretion.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 28-672(A)(4) — 1 case
State of Arizona v. Vivek a Patel, 486 P.3d 188 (Ariz. 2021). “¶3 A driver who violated § 28-672 before 2006 was only responsible for a civil penalty.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 28-672(D) — 1 case
State v. Russo, 196 P.3d 826 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2008). “”); see also A.R.S. §§ 28-672(D) (2004), 28-695(C) (2004), 28-708(F) (2004), 28-1381(K)(4) (2004), 28-1382(D), (F)(2004), 28-1383(2004).”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 28-672(F) — 2 cases
State of Arizona v. Vivek a Patel, 486 P.3d 188 (Ariz. 2021). “¶3 A driver who violated § 28-672 before 2006 was only responsible for a civil penalty.”
State v. Mata, 550 P.3d 619 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2024). “by a moving violation under § 28-672, a class 1 misdemeanor. AHCCCS requested restitution from Mata for the medical bills it had paid for F.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 28-672(G) — 2 cases
State of Arizona v. Vivek a Patel, 486 P.3d 188 (Ariz. 2021). “¶3 A driver who violated § 28-672 before 2006 was only responsible for a civil penalty.”
State v. Patel, 452 P.3d 712 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2019). “FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY ¶2 In municipal court, Vivek Patel was convicted of violating A.R.S. § 28-672(A), which criminalizes moving violations that cause serious physical injury or death.”
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