§ 3743. Accidents involving damage to attended vehicle or property.
(a) General rule.--The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting only in damage to a vehicle
or other property which is driven or attended by any person shall immediately stop
the vehicle at the scene of the accident or as close thereto as possible but shall
forthwith return to and in every event shall remain at the scene of the accident until
he has fulfilled the requirements of section 3744 (relating to duty to give information
and render aid). Every stop shall be made without obstructing traffic more than is
necessary.
(a.1) Highly automated vehicles.--
(1) If a vehicle under subsection (a) is a highly automated vehicle operating with an
ADS engaged or without a highly automated vehicle driver on board, the requirements
of this section are satisfied if the highly automated vehicle stops at the scene of
the accident or as close thereto as is safely possible and the certificate holder
for the highly automated vehicle or a person on behalf of the certificate holder for
the highly automated vehicle or the highly automated vehicle immediately contacts
a duly authorized police department to report the accident.
(2) The highly automated vehicle shall remain at the scene of the accident or as close
thereto as is safely possible until the requirements of section 3744 are fulfilled.
(b) Penalty.--Any person violating this section commits a misdemeanor of the third degree, punishable
by a fine of $2,500 or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
(July 6, 1995, P.L.288, No.42, eff. 60 days; Nov. 3, 2022, P.L.1946, No.130, eff.
240 days)
2022 Amendment. Act 130 added subsec. (a.1).
1995 Amendment. Act 42 amended subsec. (b).
Cross References. Section 3743 is referred to in sections 1532, 1542, 1611, 1786, 3745.1 of this title.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
83
cases (
15 in the last 5 years), 1980–2026 · leading case:
Commonwealth v. Kauffman, 470 A.2d 634 (Pa. 1984).
Commonwealth v. Kauffman, 470 A.2d 634 (Pa. 1984).
· cites it 6× “Gettysburg police cited Kauffman for a violation of 75 Pa.C.S. § 3743, which reads: Accidents involving damage to attended vehicle or property.”
Commonwealth v. Woosnam, 819 A.2d 1198 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2003).
· cites it 4× “¶ 24 In Pennsylvania, we already have had occasion to review another hit-and-run statute, 75 Pa.C.S. § 3743, accidents involving damage to attended vehicle or property, which provides: (a) General rule.”
Ankele v. Hambrick, 286 F. Supp. 2d 485 (E.D. Pa. 2003).
· cites it 3× “Ank-ele Test, at 20-21, 1 *489 Ankele was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol (“DUI”) in violation of 75 Pa. Cons.Stat. Ann. § 3731(a)(1); leaving the scene of an accident in violation of 75 Pa.”
Commonwealth v. Smith, 69 A.3d 259 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2013).
· cites it 2× “75 Pa.C.S. § 3743. .Initially, Appellant also was charged with criminal attempt (18 Pa.”
Com. v. Edwards, M., 229 A.3d 298, 2020 PA Super 37 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2020).
“] § 2705-[REAP], M2: Minimum six (6) months[’] supervised term of confinement to maximum twelve (12) months[’] confinement, to run consecutively to Count 1; Count 5: [75 Pa.C.S. § 3743(a)]-Accident[s] Involving Damage Attended Vehicle/Property, M3: A determination of guilty with…”
Commonwealth v. Stover, 538 A.2d 1336 (Pa. 1988).
· cites it 4× “Diefenderfer, after appellant was found to have violated Section 3743 of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S. § 3743. 1 The trial judge in his able opinion has accurately summarized the facts relevant to the disposition of this appeal: On November 10, 1982, at approximately 10:00 A.”
Commonwealth v. Banks, 198 A.3d 391 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2018).
“§ 5104 ; Accidents Involving Damage, 75 Pa.C.S. § 3743(a) ; Driving under Suspension, 75 Pa.”
Commonwealth v. Englert, 457 A.2d 121 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1983).
· cites it 2× “" He contended merely that he had been unaware that the Department of Transportation would suspend his operating privileges because of such conviction.”
Commonwealth v. Labelle, 579 A.2d 1315 (Pa. 1990).
· cites it 2× “Beatty broke the other driver's jaw, and then left the scene without identifying himself.”
Nornhold v. Commonwealth, Dep't of Transp., Bureau of Driver Licensing, 881 A.2d 59 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2005).
· cites it 2× “Similarly, Sections 3743 and 3744 of the Vehicle Code, as amended, 75 Pa.C.S. §§ 3743 and 3744, require the driver of a motor vehicle that is involved in an accident resulting only in damage to a vehicle or other property that is driven or attended by another person to remain at…”
Commonwealth v. Sabharwal, 540 A.2d 957 (Pa. 1988).
· cites it 3× “WIEAND, Judge: Following a trial de novo in the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, Rohit Sabharwal was found guilty of failing to stop at the scene of an accident with an attended vehicle in violation of 75 Pa.C.S. § 3743. Posttrial motions were denied, and Sabharwal…”
Commonwealth v. Bursick, 584 A.2d 291 (Pa. 1990).
“The convictions that provided the basis for suspension of appellant’s license consisted of one in 1982 for leaving the scene of an accident involving damage to an attended vehicle or property, 75 Pa.C.S. § 3743, and two in 1986 for driving under the influence of drugs or…”
75 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 3743(a): 40 cases
Ankele v. Hambrick, 286 F. Supp. 2d 485 (E.D. Pa. 2003).
“Ank-ele Test, at 20-21, 1 *489 Ankele was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol (“DUI”) in violation of 75 Pa. Cons.Stat. Ann. § 3731(a)(1); leaving the scene of an accident in violation of 75 Pa.”
Com. v. Edwards, M., 229 A.3d 298, 2020 PA Super 37 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2020).
“] § 2705-[REAP], M2: Minimum six (6) months[’] supervised term of confinement to maximum twelve (12) months[’] confinement, to run consecutively to Count 1; Count 5: [75 Pa.C.S. § 3743(a)]-Accident[s] Involving Damage Attended Vehicle/Property, M3: A determination of guilty with…”
Commonwealth v. Banks, 198 A.3d 391 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2018).
“§ 5104 ; Accidents Involving Damage, 75 Pa.C.S. § 3743(a) ; Driving under Suspension, 75 Pa.”
75 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 3743(b): 3 cases
Commonwealth v. Kauffman, 470 A.2d 634 (Pa. 1984).
“Gettysburg police cited Kauffman for a violation of 75 Pa.C.S. § 3743, which reads: Accidents involving damage to attended vehicle or property.”
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