Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 316.064 (2025)

When driver unable to report.

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316.064 When driver unable to report.
(1) A crash report is not required under this chapter from any person who is physically incapable of making a report during the period of such incapacity.
(2) Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of making an immediate or a written report of a crash, as required in ss. 316.065 and 316.066, and there was another occupant in the vehicle at the time of the crash capable of making a report, such occupant shall make or cause to be made the report not made by the driver.
(3) Whenever the driver is physically incapable of making a written report of a crash as required in this chapter, then the owner of the vehicle involved in the crash shall, within 10 days after the crash, make such report not made by the driver.
(4) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318.
History.s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 15, ch. 94-306; s. 86, ch. 99-248.

Civil Citations under F.S. 316.064

Driver's license points · R = revocation · S = suspension
§316.064CRASH - Occupant/Owner Failure to make report if driver incapable
§316.064(2)CRASH - Failure of vehicle OCCUPANT to make report if driver incapable
§316.064(3)CRASH - Failure of vehicle OWNER to make report if driver incapable
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2012–2012 · leading case: Sottilaro v. Figueroa, 86 So. 3d 505 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012).
Sottilaro v. Figueroa, 86 So. 3d 505 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012). · cites it 2× “062(1) (requiring a driver to give his or her information to a police officer upon request when a crash results in injury or death); § 316.064(2) (requiring the occupant of a vehicle to make a report under sections 316.”
— 316.064(2) — 1 case
Sottilaro v. Figueroa, 86 So. 3d 505 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012). “062(1) (requiring a driver to give his or her information to a police officer upon request when a crash results in injury or death); § 316.064(2) (requiring the occupant of a vehicle to make a report under sections 316.”
— 316.064(3) — 1 case
Sottilaro v. Figueroa, 86 So. 3d 505 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012). “062(1) (requiring a driver to give his or her information to a police officer upon request when a crash results in injury or death); § 316.064(2) (requiring the occupant of a vehicle to make a report under sections 316.”
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