Florida Statute 316.064 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES

Chapter 316
STATE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL

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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.

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Civil Citations / Citable Offenses under S316.064

R or S next to points is Mandatory Revocation or Suspension

S316.064 CRASH - Occupant/Owner Failure to make report if driver incapable - Points on Drivers License: 0

S316.064 (2) CRASH - Failure of vehicle OCCUPANT to make report if driver incapable - Points on Drivers License: 0

S316.064 (3) CRASH - Failure of vehicle OWNER to make report if driver incapable - Points on Drivers License: 0

Cases Citing Statute 316.064

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Sottilaro v. Figueroa, 86 So. 3d 505 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012).

Cited 7 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 1787, 2012 WL 385493

...See § 316.066(1) (requiring a driver to make a report when involved in a crash where there is bodily injury, death, or damage to a vehicle); § 316.062(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 316.065 and .066 when the driver is physically incapable of making a report); § 316.064(3) (requiring the owner of a vehicle to make a report under chapter 316 when the driver is physically incapable); § 316.065(1) (requiring the driver of a vehicle involved in a crash resulting in injury or death to report the accident to the police); see also Brackin v....

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In Re Stand. Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases—Report No. 2016-08, 211 So. 3d 995 (Fla. 2017).

Cited 1 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

position or a scooter or similar device. § 316.64.0, Fla. Stat. A “traffic crash investigation

This Florida statute resource is curated by Graham W. Syfert, Esq., a Jacksonville, Florida personal injury and workers' compensation attorney. Attorney Syfert regularly works with Chapter 316 in the context of traffic and automobile accident law and represents clients throughout Northeast Florida. For legal consultation, call 904-383-7448.