§ 27-53-202 - Reports of accidents required -- Supplemental reports.
27-53-202. Reports of accidents required -- Supplemental reports.
(a) The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person or total property damage to an apparent extent of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more shall notify the nearest law enforcement agency immediately. All persons involved in the accident shall make themselves readily available to the investigating agency's officer or officers.
(b) (1) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a) of this section, the driver of any taxicab, motor bus, or other motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person shall notify the nearest law enforcement agency immediately. The drivers of any taxicab, motor bus, or other motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire shall make themselves readily available to the investigating agency's office or officers.
(2) The accident report shall contain a full and complete list of the names and addresses of all passengers occupying the taxicab, bus, or other vehicle at the time of the accident.
(3) The report shall include provisions which inquire about whether or not the accident was caused as a result of the driver's lapse of consciousness, epileptic condition, or similar nervous disorder, or an episode of marked mental confusion or as a result of any physical disability, disease, or disorder or any other medical condition of the driver affecting the vehicle's safe operation.
(c) The Department of Arkansas State Police may require any driver of a vehicle involved in an accident that must be reported under this section to file supplemental reports whenever the original report is insufficient in the opinion of the Department of Arkansas State Police and may require witnesses of an accident to render reports to the Department of Arkansas State Police.
(d) In all traffic accidents involving motorcycles, motor-driven cycles, motorized bicycles, or any other two-wheeled or three-wheeled motor vehicle, all written reports of the accident shall be supplemented with a motorcycle traffic accident report.