Florida Statute 316.068 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

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Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES

Chapter 316
STATE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL

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F.S. 316.068

316.068 Crash report forms.—

(1) The department shall prepare and, upon request, supply to police departments, sheriffs, and other appropriate agencies or individuals forms for crash reports as required in this chapter, suitable with respect to the persons required to make such reports and the purposes to be served. The form must call for sufficiently detailed information to disclose, with reference to a vehicle crash, the cause and conditions then existing and the persons and vehicles involved. Every crash report form must call for the policy numbers of liability insurance and the names of carriers covering any vehicle involved in a crash required to be reported by this chapter.

(2) Every crash report required to be made in writing must be made on the appropriate form approved by the department and must contain all the information required therein, including:

(a) The date, time, and location of the crash;

(b) A description of the vehicles involved;

(c) The names and addresses of the parties involved; however, in the event of a crash involving a railroad train, including crashes covered by s. 316.027, s. 316.061, s. 316.065, or s. 316.066, the collection of the information specified in this paragraph shall be at the discretion of the law enforcement officer having jurisdiction to investigate the crash;

(d) The names and addresses of all drivers and passengers in the motor vehicles involved; however, in the event of a crash involving a railroad train, including crashes covered by s. 316.027, s. 316.061, s. 316.065, or s. 316.066, the collection of the information specified in this paragraph shall be at the discretion of the law enforcement officer having jurisdiction to investigate the crash;

(e) The names and addresses of witnesses;

(f) The name, badge number, and law enforcement agency of the officer investigating the crash; and

(g) The names of the insurance companies of the motor vehicles involved in the crash,

unless not available. A member of a railroad train crew or a passenger on a railroad train is not a passenger for purposes of this section. In the event of a crash involving a railroad train, a member of the railroad train crew must furnish the information in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (e) and, upon request of the law enforcement officer having jurisdiction to investigate the crash, the railroad train engineer’s or conductor’s federal certification pursuant to 49 C.F.R. part 240 or part 242. The absence of information in such written crash reports regarding the existence of passengers in the motor vehicles involved in the crash constitutes a rebuttable presumption that no such passengers were involved in the reported crash. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, a crash report produced electronically by a law enforcement officer must, at a minimum, contain the same information as is called for on those forms approved by the department.

History.—s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 2, ch. 74-201; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 11, ch. 96-350; s. 90, ch. 99-248; s. 1, ch. 2006-305; s. 2, ch. 2019-69.

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Cases Citing Statute 316.068

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2009-05-14T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: for the preparation of crash reports and section 316.068, Florida Statutes, requires that every crash report

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2006-03-20T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: form for preparation of crash reports and section 316.068, Florida Statutes, requires that every crash report

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1986-08-14T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: traffic records section of such county. See, s. 316.068, F.S., which vests the Department of Highway Safety

Tri-City Title Co. v. Valero

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1985-03-08T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 464 So. 2d 698, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 635, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 12636

Snippet: the trial court erred in awarding the entire $29,316.68 balance of the reinstated escrow account to Yone

Hoctor by and Through Hoctor v. Tucker

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1983-05-12T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 432 So. 2d 1352

Snippet: decide if there could be a waiver. [3] See section 316.068, Florida Statutes (1981), pertaining to accident

Duval Motor Co. v. Woodward

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1982-06-24T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 419 So. 2d 303

Snippet: arising out of an accident... ." Section 316.068, Florida Statutes (1975), requires the department

Elder v. Robert J. Ackerman, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1978-09-27T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 362 So. 2d 999

Snippet: a report of the accident §§ 316.062; 316.066; 316.068 (1975). As a consequence of that statutory mandate

Jenkins v. Dickey

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1963-03-20T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 151 So. 2d 54, 1963 Fla. App. LEXIS 3498

Snippet: $1,938.67 principal plus interest in the amount of $316.68 for a total of $2,255.35 together with a reasonable