Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-10-107 (2026)
Written report of accident
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a)
- (1) The driver of a vehicle that is in any manner involved in an accident resulting in bodily injury to or death to any person, or in which damage to the property of any one (1) person, including the driver's, in excess of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) is sustained, shall within twenty (20) days after the accident, forward a written report of the accident to the department of safety; provided, that persons making written reports to the department pursuant to § 55-12-104 shall not be required to make any additional report pursuant to this section, § 55-10-109 or § 55-10-111.
- (2) If an accident results in damage to state or local government property in excess of four hundred dollars ($400), then the driver of the vehicle involved in the accident shall file a written report in accordance with subdivision (a)(1).
- (b) The requirements in subsection (a) shall apply to accidents occurring upon highways and the premises of any shopping center, trailer park or any apartment house complex, or any other premises that are generally frequented by the public at large.
- (c) Written reports prepared pursuant to this section shall include information pertaining to the insurance policy, including the name of the insurer, of the driver and of the owner of the vehicle. If the driver and the owner have a certificate of compliance with the Tennessee Financial Responsibility Law of 1977, compiled in chapter 12 of this title, issued by the commissioner of safety, a copy of the certificate shall be included in the written notice.
- (d) With respect to an ADS-operated vehicle, as defined by § 55-30-102, the written reports required under subsection (a) must be completed by the vehicle's owner.
Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 555,s 6, eff. 1/1/2019.
Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 555,s 2, eff. 1/1/2019.
Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 474,s 12, eff. 6/6/2017.
Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 84; 1967, ch. 106, § 1; T.C.A., § 59-1007; Acts 1986, ch. 842, § 6; 1988, ch. 788, § 1; 1989, ch. 263, § 2; 2007, ch. 139, § 3.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1995–2015 · leading case: State of Tennessee v. Deborah Davis (Tenn. Crim. App. 2012).
State of Tennessee v. Deborah Davis (Tenn. Crim. App. 2012). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-10-107 (a). This report “shall include information pertaining to the insurance policy, including the name of the insurer, of the driver and of the owner of the vehicle” and “[i]f the driver and the owner have a certificate of compliance with the Tennessee…”
State of Tennessee v. Dylan M. Yacks (Tenn. Crim. App. 2015). “and shall make report of the accident when and as required in § 55-10-107. Id. § 55-10-105. Reports. (a) The driver of a vehicle that is in any manner involved in an accident resulting in bodily injury to or death to any person, or in which damage to the property of any one (1)…”
City of Chattanooga v. Kevin Davis (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000). “T.C.A. § 55-10-107 and 55-10-308. Thus a person conceivably may end up in either a state court or city court for the commission of the same offense.”
Laura Coffey v. Cherokee Aviation, Inc. (Tenn. Ct. App. 1995). “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-10-107 (a) (2000). The reports filed to the Department of Safety are inadmissible in any trial arising from the accident, civil or criminal.”
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