Michigan Laws 324.81143 – Accident resulting in injury, death, or property damage; notice; report; report by medical facility; collection and evaluation of information; duties of operator
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(1) The operator of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injuries to, or the death of, a person, or resulting in property damage in an estimated amount of $100.00 or more, shall immediately, by the quickest available means of communication, notify a state police officer, or the sheriff’s office of the county in which the accident occurred. The police agency receiving the notice shall complete a report of the accident on forms prescribed by the director of the department of state police and forward the report to the department of state police and the department.
(2) A medical facility to which a person injured in an accident involving an ORV is transported shall report the accident to the department of state police.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 324.81143
- Department: means the director of the department of natural resources or his or her designee to whom the director delegates a power or duty by written instrument. See Michigan Laws 324.301
- Director: means the director of the department of natural resources. See Michigan Laws 324.301
- Operator: means an individual who operates or is in actual physical control of the operation of an ORV. See Michigan Laws 324.81101
- Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 324.301
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
- vehicle: means a motor-driven off-road recreation vehicle capable of cross-country travel without benefit of a road or trail, on or immediately over land, snow, ice, marsh, swampland, or other natural terrain. See Michigan Laws 324.81101
(3) The department of state police, in cooperation with the department, shall collect and evaluate information concerning accidents involving ORVs.
(4) The operator of a vehicle involved in an accident upon public or private property resulting in injury to or the death of a person shall immediately stop at the scene of an accident and shall render to any person injured in the accident reasonable assistance in securing medical aid or transportation.