8-1602. Accident involving death or personal injury; duties of drivers, reports; penalties for violations; revocation of license, permit or driving privileges. (a) The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to, great bodily harm to or death of any person or damage to any attended vehicle or property shall immediately stop such vehicle at the scene of such accident, or as close thereto as possible, but shall then immediately return to and in every event shall remain at the scene of the accident until the driver has fulfilled the requirements of K.S.A. 8-1604, and amendments thereto.
(b) A person who violates subsection (a) when an accident results in:
(1) Total property damages of less than $1,000 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in K.S.A. 8-2116, and amendments thereto.
(2) Injury to any person or total property damages in excess of $1,000 or more shall be guilty of a class A person misdemeanor.
(3) Great bodily harm to any person shall be guilty of a severity level 8, person felony.
(4) The death of any person shall be guilty of a severity level 6, person felony, except as provided in subsection (a)(5) [(b)(5)].
(5) The death of any person, if the person knew or reasonably should have known that such accident resulted in injury or death, shall be a level 5, person felony.
(c) The director may revoke the license or permit to drive or any nonresident operating privilege of any person so convicted.
(d) The driver shall comply with the provisions of K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 8-15,107, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1602; L. 2006, ch. 182, § 1; L. 2011, ch. 80, § 1; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles
Article 16 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Accidents And Accident Reports
8-1601 Application of sections in article 16.
8-1605 Duty of driver upon damaging unattended vehicle or other property; misdemeanor.
8-1607 Division may require driver or owner to submit written accident report.
8-1608 False information or report concerning accident; misdemeanor.
8-1609 Failure to report; suspension of driver's license; penalty.
8-1610 Reports by secretary of health and environment on deaths resulting from accidents.
8-1611 Reports by law enforcement officers investigating accidents.
8-1613 Tabulation and analysis of accident reports by secretary of transportation.