8-1612. Accident report forms; department of transportation to provide division of vehicles accident reports or data. (a) The department of transportation shall prepare and upon request supply to police departments, sheriffs and other appropriate agencies or individuals, forms for written accident reports as required in this article, suitable with respect to the persons required to make such reports and the purposes to be served. The written reports shall call for sufficiently detailed information to disclose, with reference to a vehicle accident, the cause, conditions then existing and the persons and vehicles involved.
(b) Every accident report required to be made in writing shall be made on the appropriate form approved by the department of transportation and shall contain all the information required therein unless not available.
(c) The department of transportation shall provide the division of vehicles with the necessary accident reports and accident data to satisfy the division's requirements as provided in K.S.A. 8-249, 40-3104 and 40-3118, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1612; L. 1989, ch. 42, § 3; January 1, 1990.
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.