MICHIGAN VEHICLE CODE
Act 300 of 1949
257.617a Accident; personal injury; reporting to police agency or officer; stopping required; penalty; suspension of license.
Sec. 617a.
(1) The driver of a vehicle who knows or who has reason to believe that he has been involved in an accident upon public or private property that is open to travel by the public shall immediately stop his or her vehicle at the scene of the accident and shall remain there until the requirements of section 619 are fulfilled or immediately report the accident to the nearest or most convenient police agency or officer to fulfill the requirements of section 619(a) and (b) if there is a reasonable and honest belief that remaining at the scene will result in further harm. The stop shall be made without obstructing traffic more than is necessary.
(2) If an individual violates subsection (1) and the accident results in injury to any individual, the individual is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.
(3) The secretary of state shall suspend the operator's or chauffeur's license of an individual convicted of violating this section as provided in section 319.
History: Add. 1975, Act 170, Eff. Mar. 31, 1976 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Apr. 1, 2005
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
9
cases (
1 in the last 5 years), 1987–2022 · leading case:
People v. Jones
People v. Jones (2012)
michctapp
“81d(l), failure to stop at the scene of a personal injury accident, MCL 257.617a, operating a motor vehicle with a suspended or revoked license, MCL 257.”
People v. Martinson (1987)
michctapp · cites it 3×
“277, and failure to stop at the scene of a personal injury accident, MCL 257.617a; MSA 9.2317(1), and was sentenced to one year of probation with six months to be spent in the county jail.”
Griffin Wasik v. Auto Club Insurance Association (2022)
michctapp · cites it 4×
“617, MCL 257.617a, and MCL 257.619. As noted, the trial court held that the Explorer was not a “hit-and-run vehicle” under either policy, employing the plain and ordinary meaning of the phrase.”
Larry Klein v. Rosemary King (2016)
michctapp
“See also MCL 257.617a. MCL 257.619 provides: The driver of a vehicle who knows or who has reason to believe that he or she has been involved in an accident with an individual or with another vehicle that is operated or attended by another individual shall do all of the…”
People of Michigan v. Michelle Brisbane (2016)
michctapp
“Defendant appeals as of right. We affirm, but remand for the ministerial task of further amending the existing amended judgment of sentence, as it fails to reflect the failure-to-stop conviction and sentence.”
People v. Lang (2002)
michctapp · cites it 2×
“MCL 257.617a reduces the penalty to a one year misdemeanor where the—where there is an injury instead of a serious or aggravated injury or death.”
People of Michigan v. Natalie Hassan (2015)
michctapp
“617(2), and failure to stay at the scene of an accident that results in injury to any individual, MCL 257.617a(2).1 Defendant was sentenced as a second habitual offender, MCL 769.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.617a(1) — 1 case
Griffin Wasik v. Auto Club Insurance Association (2022)
michctapp
“617, MCL 257.617a, and MCL 257.619. As noted, the trial court held that the Explorer was not a “hit-and-run vehicle” under either policy, employing the plain and ordinary meaning of the phrase.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.617a(2) — 1 case
People of Michigan v. Natalie Hassan (2015)
michctapp
“617(2), and failure to stay at the scene of an accident that results in injury to any individual, MCL 257.617a(2).1 Defendant was sentenced as a second habitual offender, MCL 769.”
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