New York Laws
Article 48-C - Rules for Operation of All Terrain Vehicles
2413 - Accidents; Reports.

§ 2413. Accidents; reports. 1. The operator of any ATV involved in any
accident resulting in injuries to or death of any person or in which
property damage in the estimated amount of six hundred dollars or more
is sustained, shall immediately notify the nearest law enforcement
agency and shall within ten days after such accident report the matter
in writing to the department, with a copy thereof to the sheriff or
police commissioner of the county in which said accident occurred. If
such operator is physically incapable of making such report and there is
another participant in the accident not so incapacitated such
participant shall make the report within the allotted time after such
accident. In the event that there is no other participant and the
operator is other than the owner, then the owner shall within the
prescribed period of time, after learning of the facts of such accident,
report the matter to the department, together with such information as
may have come to his knowledge relating to such accident. Every such
operator of an ATV, or participant of any such accident, or the owner,
of the ATV involved in any such accident, shall make such other and
additional reports as the commissioner shall require.

2. Whenever any ATV meets with an accident involving a loss of life,
personal injury or damage to property and the operator thereof has
knowledge of such accident, he shall stop and give his name and address,
the name and address of the owner thereof and the registration number
assigned to said ATV to the injured person or the person sustaining the
damage, or to a peace or police officer. In the event the person
sustaining the damage is not present at the place where the damage
occurred, the operator shall, as soon as physically able, report the
same to the nearest law enforcement agency.

3. A peace, police, or judicial officer who investigates or receives
information of an accident involving an ATV shall make a written report
of the investigation or information received, and such additional facts
relating to the accident as may come to his knowledge and mail the same
within forty-eight hours to the department and keep a record thereof in
his office.

4. Failure of any person to report an accident as herein provided or
failure to give correctly the information required of him by the
commissioner in connection with such report shall be a misdemeanor and
shall constitute a ground for suspension or revocation of the ATV safety
certificate of any person or the certificate of registration of any ATV
involved in the accident. The commissioner may temporarily suspend the
ATV safety certificate of the person failing to make such report or the
certificate of registration of the ATV involved in the accident until
such report has been filed.