RCW 46.52.060
Tabulation and analysis of reports—Availability for use.
It shall be the duty of the chief of the Washington state patrol to file, tabulate, and analyze all accident reports and to publish annually, immediately following the close of each fiscal year, and monthly during the course of the year, statistical information based thereon showing the number of accidents, the location, the frequency, whether any driver involved in the accident was distracted at the time of the accident and the circumstances thereof, and other statistical information which may prove of assistance in determining the cause of vehicular accidents. Distractions contributing to an accident to be reported must include at least the following: Not distracted; operating a handheld electronic telecommunication device; operating a hands-free wireless telecommunication device; other electronic devices (including, but not limited to, PDA's, laptop computers, navigational devices, etc.); adjusting an audio or entertainment system; smoking; eating or drinking; reading or writing; grooming; interacting with children, passengers, animals, or objects in the vehicle; other inside distractions; outside distractions; and distraction unknown.
Such accident reports and analysis or reports thereof shall be available to the director of licensing, the department of transportation, the utilities and transportation commission, the traffic safety commission, and other public entities authorized by the chief of the Washington state patrol, or their duly authorized representatives, for further tabulation and analysis for pertinent data relating to the regulation of highway traffic, highway construction, vehicle operators and all other purposes, and to publish information so derived as may be deemed of publication value.
[ 2005 c 171 § 2; 1998 c 169 § 1; 1979 c 158 § 161; 1977 c 75 § 67; 1967 c 32 § 56; 1961 c 12 § 46.52.060. Prior: 1937 c 189 § 138; RRS § 6360-138.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2005 c 171: See note following RCW 46.52.030.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 46.52 - Accidents—Reports—Abandoned Vehicles.
46.52.010 - Duty on striking unattended car or other property—Penalty.
46.52.035 - Accident reports—Suspension of license or permit for failure to make report.
46.52.040 - Accident reports—Report when operator disabled.
46.52.050 - Coroner's reports to sheriff and state patrol.
46.52.060 - Tabulation and analysis of reports—Availability for use.
46.52.065 - Blood samples to state toxicologist—Analysis—Availability, admissibility of reports.
46.52.070 - Police officer's report.
46.52.080 - Confidentiality of reports—Information required to be disclosed—Evidence.
46.52.083 - Confidentiality of reports—Availability of factual data to interested parties.
46.52.085 - Confidentiality of reports—Fee for written information.
46.52.088 - Reports—False information.
46.52.101 - Records of traffic charges, dispositions.
46.52.120 - Case record of convictions and infractions.
46.52.130 - Abstract of driving record—Access—Fee—Violations.