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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 14 - OTHER OFFENSES (§§ 42-4-1401 — 42-4-1416) › Section 42-4-1406 - Foreign matter on highway prohibited - penalty - definitions

(1)
(a)
No person shall throw or deposit upon or along any highway any glass bottle, glass, stones, nails, tacks, wire, cans, container of human waste, or other substance likely to injure any person, animal, or vehicle upon or along such highway.
(b)
No person shall throw, drop, or otherwise expel a lighted cigarette, cigar, match, or other burning material from a motor vehicle upon any highway.
(2)
Any person who drops, or permits to be dropped or thrown, upon any highway or structure any destructive or injurious material or lighted or burning substance shall immediately remove the same or cause it to be removed.
(3)
Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the highway from such vehicle.
(4)
No person shall excavate a ditch or other aqueduct, or construct any flume or pipeline or any steam, electric, or other railway, or construct any approach to a public highway without written consent of the authority responsible for the maintenance of that highway.
(5)
(a)
Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (5), any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class B traffic infraction.
(b)
(I)
Any person who violates subsection (1)(b) of this section commits a petty offense and shall be punished as provided in section
18-1.3-503
.
(II)
Any person who violates paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section by throwing or depositing a container of human waste upon or along any highway shall be punished by a fine of five hundred dollars in lieu of the penalty and surcharge prescribed in section
42-4-1701 (4)(a)(I)(N)
.
(6)
As used in this section:
(a)
"Container" includes, but is not limited to, a bottle, a can, a box, or a diaper.
(b)
"Human waste" means urine or feces produced by a human.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 734, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2393, § 1, effective 1/1/1995. L. 2002, 3rd Ex. Sess.: Entire section amended, p. 52, § 1, effective July 18. L. 2005: (1)(a) and (5)(b) amended and (6) added, p. 137, § 1, effective April 5. L. 2006: (5)(b)(I) amended, p. 1512, § 74, effective June 1. L. 2021: (5)(b)(I) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3308, p. 3308, § 734, effective 3/1/2022.
(1) This section is similar to former § 42-4-1207 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-1406 was relocated to §
42-4-1606
.
(2) Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 14 - OTHER OFFENSES (§§ 42-4-1401 — 42-4-1416) › Section 42-4-1407.5 - Splash guards - when required - definition

(1)
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)
"Splash guards" means mud flaps, rubber, plastic or fabric aprons, or other devices directly behind the rear-most wheels, designed to minimize the spray of water and other substances to the rear.
(b)
"Splash guards" must, at a minimum, be wide enough to cover the full tread of the tire or tires being protected, hang perpendicular from the vehicle not more than ten inches above the surface of the street or highway when the vehicle is empty, and generally maintain their perpendicular relationship under normal driving conditions.
(2)
Except as otherwise permitted in this section, no vehicle or motor vehicle shall be driven or moved on any street or highway unless the vehicle or motor vehicle is equipped with splash guards. However, vehicles and motor vehicles with splash guards that violate this section shall be allowed to remain in service for the time necessary to continue to a place where the deficient splash guards will be replaced. Such replacement shall occur at the first reasonable opportunity.
(3)
This section does not apply to:
(a)
Passenger-carrying motor vehicles registered pursuant to section
42-3-306(2)
;
(b)
Trucks and truck tractors registered pursuant to section
42-3-306(4) or (5)
having an empty weight of ten thousand pounds or less;
(c)
Trailers equipped with fenders or utility pole trailers;
(d)
Vehicles while involved in chip and seal or paving operations or road widening equipment;
(e)
Truck tractors or converter dollies when used in combination with other vehicles;
(f)
Vehicles drawn by animals; or
(g)
Bicycles, electrical assisted bicycles, or electric scooters.
(4)
Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class B traffic infraction.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 271,§ 13, eff. 5/23/2019.
L. 99: Entire section added, p. 296, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2006: (3)(a) and (3)(b) amended, p. 1512, § 75, effective June 1. L. 2009: (2) amended, (SB 09-014), ch. 592, p. 592, § 1, effective August 5; (3)(g) amended, (HB 09-1026), ch. 1280, p. 1280, § 59, effective October 1. L. 2010: (3)(a) and (3)(b) amended, (SB 10-212), ch. 2039, p. 2039, § 19, effective July 1. L. 2019: (3)(g) amended, (HB 19-1221), ch. 2562, p. 2562, § 13, effective May 23.
Section 19 of chapter 271 (HB 19-1221), Session Laws of Colorado 2019, provides that the act changing this section applies to conduct occurring on or after May 23, 2019.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 14 - OTHER OFFENSES (§§ 42-4-1401 — 42-4-1416) › Section 42-4-1408 - Operation of motor vehicles on property under control of or owned by parks and recreation districts

(1)
Any metropolitan recreation district, any park and recreation district organized pursuant to article
1
of title
32
, C.R.S., or any recreation district organized pursuant to the provisions of part 7 of article
20
of title
30
, C.R.S., referred to in this section as a "district", shall have the authority to designate areas on property owned or controlled by the district in which the operation of motor vehicles shall be prohibited. Areas in which it shall be prohibited to operate motor vehicles shall be clearly posted by a district.
(2)
It is unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle in an area owned or under the control of a district if the district has declared the operation of motor vehicles to be prohibited in such area, as provided in subsection (1) of this section.
(3)
Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class B traffic infraction.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2393, § 1, effective 1/1/1995.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-1212 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-1408 was relocated to §
42-4-1608
.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 14 - OTHER OFFENSES (§§ 42-4-1401 — 42-4-1416) › Section 42-4-1410 - Proof of financial responsibility required - suspension of license

(1)
Any person convicted of violating section
42-4-1409 (1)
shall file and maintain proof of financial responsibility for the future as prescribed in sections
42-7-408
to
42-7-412
. Said proof of insurance shall be maintained for a period of three years from the date of conviction.
(2)
The clerk of a court or the judge of a court which has no clerk shall forward to the executive director of the department of revenue a certified record of any conviction under section
42-4-1409 (1)
. Upon receipt of any such certified record, the director shall give written notice to the person convicted that such person shall be required to provide proof of financial responsibility for the future for a period of three years from the date of conviction and advising such person of the manner in which proof is to be provided. If no proof as required is provided to the director within a period of twenty days from the time notice is given or if at any time when proof is required to be maintained it is not so maintained or becomes invalid, the director shall suspend the driver's license of the person from whom proof is required and shall not reinstate the license of such person until proof of financial responsibility is provided.
(3)
Repealed.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2395, § 1, effective 1/1/1995. L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 1207, § 2, effective July 1. L. 97: (3) added by revision, p. 1452, § 8. L. 2001: (3) amended, p. 525, § 13, effective May 22. L. 2003: (3) amended, p. 2649, § 8, effective July 1. L. 2006: (3) repealed, p. 1011, § 4, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 14 - OTHER OFFENSES (§§ 42-4-1401 — 42-4-1416) › Section 42-4-1410.5 - Providing false evidence of proof of motor vehicle insurance - penalty

(1)
It is unlawful for any person to offer, use, or attempt to offer or use any means, manner, type of paper, document, card, digital image, or any other proof of motor vehicle liability insurance required by state law to a law enforcement officer, judge, magistrate, prosecutor, or employee of a court clerk's office with the intent to mislead that official regarding the status of any motor vehicle liability insurance policy in the course of an official investigation, or for purposes of dismissing any charge under section
42-4-1409
or reducing any penalty imposed under section
42-4-1409
, where such means, manner, type, or kind of proof of insurance offered or used, or that is attempted to be offered or used, is known or should be known by the person to be false, fraudulent, or incorrect in any material manner or way, or which is known or should be known by the person to be altered, forged, defaced, or changed in any material respect, unless such changes are required or authorized by law.
(2)
Violation of this section is a class B traffic infraction, punishable by a fine of up to five hundred dollars.
(3)
A person who is convicted of, who admits liability for, or against whom a judgment is entered for a violation of this section shall be deemed, but only for purposes of section
18-1-408
, C.R.S., to have been convicted of a criminal offense.
Added by 2013 Ch. 139,§ 2, eff. 8/7/2013.
L. 2013: Entire section added, (HB 13-1022), ch. 139, p. 453, § 2, effective August 7.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 14 - OTHER OFFENSES (§§ 42-4-1401 — 42-4-1416) › Section 42-4-1411 - Use of earphones while driving

(1)
(a)
No person shall operate a motor vehicle while wearing earphones.
(b)
For purposes of this subsection (1), "earphones" includes any headset, radio, tape player, or other similar device which provides the listener with radio programs, music, or other recorded information through a device attached to the head and which covers all of or a portion of the ears. "Earphones" does not include speakers or other listening devices that are built into protective headgear or a device or portion of a device that only covers all or a portion of one ear and that is connected to a wireless, handheld telephone.
(2)
Any person who violates this section commits a class B traffic infraction.
(3)
Nothing in this section authorizes the holder of a commercial driver's license issued pursuant to part 4 of article
2
of this title to act in violation of any federal law or regulation relating to driving a commercial vehicle.
Amended by 2015 Ch. 47, § 1, eff. 3/26/2015.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2395, § 1, effective 1/1/1995. L. 2015: (1)(b) amended and (3) added, (HB 15-1207), ch. 47, p. 115, § 1, effective March 26.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-237 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-1411 was relocated to §
42-4-1611
.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 14 - OTHER OFFENSES (§§ 42-4-1401 — 42-4-1416) › Section 42-4-1413 - Eluding or attempting to elude a police officer

Any operator of a motor vehicle who the officer has reasonable grounds to believe has violated a state law or municipal ordinance, who has received a visual or audible signal such as a red light or a siren from a police officer driving a marked vehicle showing the same to be an official police, sheriff, or Colorado state patrol car directing the operator to bring the operator's vehicle to a stop, and who willfully increases his or her speed or extinguishes his or her lights in an attempt to elude such police officer, or willfully attempts in any other manner to elude the police officer, or does elude such police officer commits a class 2 misdemeanor traffic offense.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2398, § 1, effective 1/1/1995.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-1512 as it existed prior to 1994.
For provision that the operation of vehicles and the movement of pedestrians pursuant to this section apply upon streets and highways and elsewhere throughout the state, see § 42-4-103(2)(b) .
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 14 - OTHER OFFENSES (§§ 42-4-1401 — 42-4-1416) › Section 42-4-1414 - Use of dyed fuel on highways prohibited

(1)
No person shall operate a motor vehicle upon any highway of the state using diesel fuel dyed to show that no taxes have been collected on the fuel.
(2)
(a)
Any person who violates subsection (1) of this section commits a class B traffic infraction.
(b)
Any person who commits a second violation of subsection (1) of this section within a twelve-month period shall be subject to an increased penalty pursuant to section
42-4-1701(4)(a)(I)(N)
.
(c)
Any person who commits a third or subsequent violation of subsection (1) of this section within a twelve-month period shall be subject to an increased penalty pursuant to section
42-4-1701(4)(a)(I)(N)
.
(3)
Any person violating any provision of this section shall be subject to audit by the department regarding payment of motor fuel tax.
L. 99: Entire section added, p. 665, § 2, effective May 18.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 14 - OTHER OFFENSES (§§ 42-4-1401 — 42-4-1416) › Section 42-4-1415 - Radar jamming devices prohibited - penalty

(1)
(a)
No person shall use, possess, or sell a radar jamming device.
(b)
No person shall operate a motor vehicle with a radar jamming device in the motor vehicle.
(2)
(a)
For purposes of this section, "radar jamming device" means any active or passive device, instrument, mechanism, or equipment that is designed or intended to interfere with, disrupt, or scramble the radar or laser that is used by law enforcement agencies and peace officers to measure the speed of motor vehicles. "Radar jamming device" includes but is not limited to devices commonly referred to as "jammers" or "scramblers".
(b)
For purposes of this section, "radar jamming device" shall not include equipment that is legal under FCC regulations, such as a citizens' band radio, ham radio, or any other similar electronic equipment.
(3)
Radar jamming devices are subject to seizure by any peace officer and may be confiscated and destroyed by order of the court in which a violation of this section is charged.
(4)
A violation of subsection (1) of this section is a class 2 misdemeanor traffic offense, punishable as provided in section
42-4-1701(3)(a)(II)(A)
.
(5)
The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to peace officers acting in their official capacity.
L. 2005: Entire section added, p. 340, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 15 - MOTORCYCLES (§§ 42-4-1501 — 42-4-1504) › Section 42-4-1501 - Traffic laws apply to persons operating motorcycles and autocycles - special permits

(1)
Every person operating a motorcycle or autocycle shall be granted all of the rights and is subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of any other vehicle under this article 4, except as to special regulations in this article 4 and except as to those provisions of this article 4 that by their nature are not applicable.
(2)
For the purposes of a prearranged, organized special event and upon a showing that safety will be reasonably maintained, the department of transportation may grant a special permit exempting the operation of a motorcycle or autocycle from any requirement of this part 15.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 361, § 25, eff. 1/1/2023.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2398, § 1, effective 1/1/1995.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-1301 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-1501 was relocated to §
42-4-1701
.
2022 Ch. 361, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 15 - MOTORCYCLES (§§ 42-4-1501 — 42-4-1504) › Section 42-4-1503 - [Effective until 8/7/2024 Operating motorcycles and autocycles on roadways laned for traffic

(1)
All motorcycles are entitled to full use of a traffic lane, and no motor vehicle shall be driven in such a manner as to deprive any motorcycle of the full use of a traffic lane. This subsection (1) shall not apply to motorcycles operated two abreast in a single lane.
(2)
The operator of a motorcycle or autocycle shall not overtake or pass in the same lane occupied by the vehicle being overtaken.
(3)
A person shall not operate a motorcycle or autocycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles.
(4)
Motorcycles shall not be operated more than two abreast in a single lane.
(5)
Subsections (2) and (3) of this section shall not apply to police officers in the performance of their official duties.
(6)
Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class A traffic infraction.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 361, § 5, eff. 1/1/2023.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2399, § 1, effective 1/1/1995.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-1303 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-1503 was relocated to §
42-4-1704
.
2022 Ch. 361, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 15 - MOTORCYCLES (§§ 42-4-1501 — 42-4-1504) › Section 42-4-1504 - Clinging to other vehicles - penalty

A person riding upon a motorcycle or autocycle shall not attach himself, herself, or the motorcycle or autocycle to any other vehicle on a roadway. Any person who violates this section commits a class A traffic infraction.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 361, § 26, eff. 1/1/2023.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2399, § 1, effective 1/1/1995.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-1304 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-1504 was relocated to §
42-4-1705
.
2022 Ch. 361, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 16 - ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS (§§ 42-4-1601 — 42-4-1612) › Section 42-4-1601 - Accidents involving death or personal injuries - duties

(1)
The driver of any vehicle directly involved in an accident resulting in injury to, serious bodily injury to, or death of any person shall immediately stop such vehicle at the scene of such accident or as close to the scene as possible or shall immediately return to the scene of the accident. The driver shall then remain at the scene of the accident until the driver has fulfilled the requirements of section
42-4-1603 (1)
. Every such stop shall be made without obstructing traffic more than is necessary.
(1.5)
It shall not be an offense under this section if a driver, after fulfilling the requirements of subsection (1) of this section and of section
42-4-1603 (1)
, leaves the scene of the accident for the purpose of reporting the accident in accordance with the provisions of sections
42-4-1603 (2)
and
42-4-1606
.
(2)
Any person who violates any provision of this section commits:
(a)
A class 1 misdemeanor traffic offense if the accident resulted in injury to any person;
(b)
A class 4 felony if the accident resulted in serious bodily injury to any person;
(c)
A class 3 felony if the accident resulted in the death of any person.
(3)
The department shall revoke the driver's license of the person so convicted. A revocation pursuant to this subsection (3) runs concurrently with any suspension imposed pursuant to section
42-2-127.9
, if imposed as a result of the same episode of driving.
(4)
As used in this section and sections
42-4-1402.5
,
42-4-1603
, and
42-4-1606
:
(a)
"Injury" means physical pain, illness, or any impairment of physical or mental condition.
(b)
"Serious bodily injury" means injury that involves, either at the time of the actual injury or at a later time, a substantial risk of death, a substantial risk of serious permanent disfigurement, or a substantial risk of protracted loss or impairment of the function of any part or organ of the body, or breaks, fractures, or burns of the second or third degree.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 331, § 3, eff. 5/29/2019.
Amended by 2017 Ch. 337, § 2, eff. 1/1/2018.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2399, § 1, effective 1/1/1995. L. 98: (2)(b) amended, p. 1443, § 32, effective July 1. L. 2000: (4)(b) amended, p. 709, § 44, effective July 1. L. 2004: (1) amended and (1.5) added, p. 606, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2008: (2)(c) amended, p. 850, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2012: (1) and (2)(b) amended, (HB 12-1084), ch. 1354, p. 1354, § 1, effective August 8. L. 2017: (3) amended, (HB 17-1277), ch. 1803, p. 1803, § 2, effective 1/1/2018. L. 2019: IP(4) amended, (SB 19-175), ch. 3072, p. 3072, § 3, effective May 29.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-1401 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-1601 was relocated to §
42-4-1801
.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 16 - ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS (§§ 42-4-1601 — 42-4-1612) › Section 42-4-1602 - Accident involving damage - duty

(1)
The driver of any vehicle directly involved in an accident resulting only in damage to a vehicle which is driven or attended by any person shall immediately stop such vehicle at the scene of such accident or as close thereto as possible but shall immediately return to and in every event shall remain at the scene of such accident, except in the circumstances provided in subsection (2) of this section, until the driver has fulfilled the requirements of section
42-4-1603
. Every such stop shall be made without obstructing traffic more than is necessary. Any person who violates any provision of this subsection (1) commits a class 2 misdemeanor traffic offense.
(2)
When an accident occurs on the traveled portion, median, or ramp of a divided highway and each vehicle involved can be safely driven, each driver shall move such driver's vehicle as soon as practicable off the traveled portion, median, or ramp to a frontage road, the nearest suitable cross street, or other suitable location to fulfill the requirements of section
42-4-1603
.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2400, § 1, effective 1/1/1995.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-1402 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-1602 was relocated to §
42-4-1802
.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 16 - ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS (§§ 42-4-1601 — 42-4-1612) › Section 42-4-1603 - Duty to give notice, information, and aid

(1)
The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to, serious bodily injury to, or death of any person or damage to any vehicle which is driven or attended by any person shall give the driver's name, the driver's address, and the registration number of the vehicle he or she is driving and shall upon request exhibit his or her driver's license to the person struck or the driver or occupant of or person attending any vehicle collided with and where practical shall render to any person injured in such accident reasonable assistance, including the carrying, or the making of arrangements for the carrying, of such person to a physician, surgeon, or hospital for medical or surgical treatment if it is apparent that such treatment is necessary or if the carrying is requested by the injured person.
(2)
In the event that none of the persons specified are in condition to receive the information to which they otherwise would be entitled under subsection (1) of this section and no police officer is present, the driver of any vehicle involved in such accident after fulfilling all other requirements of subsection (1) of this section, insofar as possible on the driver's part to be performed, shall immediately report such accident to the nearest office of a duly authorized police authority as required in section
42-4-1606
and submit thereto the information specified in subsection (1) of this section.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2400, § 1, effective 1/1/1995.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-1403 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-1603 was relocated to §
42-4-1803
.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 16 - ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS (§§ 42-4-1601 — 42-4-1612) › Section 42-4-1604 - Duty upon striking unattended vehicle or other property

The driver of any vehicle which collides with or is involved in an accident with any vehicle or other property which is unattended resulting in any damage to such vehicle or other property shall immediately stop and either locate and notify the operator or owner of such vehicle or other property of such fact, the driver's name and address, and the registration number of the vehicle he or she is driving or attach securely in a conspicuous place in or on such vehicle or other property a written notice giving the driver's name and address and the registration number of the vehicle he or she is driving. The driver shall also make report of such accident when and as required in section
42-4-1606
. Every stop shall be made without obstructing traffic more than is necessary. This section shall not apply to the striking of highway fixtures or traffic control devices which shall be governed by the provisions of section
42-4-1605
. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class 2 misdemeanor traffic offense.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2401, § 1, effective 1/1/1995.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-1404 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-1604 was relocated to §
42-4-1804
.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 16 - ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS (§§ 42-4-1601 — 42-4-1612) › Section 42-4-1605 - Duty upon striking highway fixtures or traffic control devices

The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting only in damage to fixtures or traffic control devices upon or adjacent to a highway shall notify the road authority in charge of such property of that fact and of the driver's name and address and of the registration number of the vehicle he or she is driving and shall make report of such accident when and as required in section
42-4-1606
. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class 2 misdemeanor traffic offense.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2401, § 1, effective 1/1/1995.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-1405 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-1605 was relocated to §
42-4-1805
.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 16 - ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS (§§ 42-4-1601 — 42-4-1612) › Section 42-4-1607 - When driver unable to give notice or make written report

(1)
Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of giving an immediate notice of an accident as required in section
42-4-1606 (1)
and there was another occupant in the vehicle at the time of the accident capable of doing so, such occupant shall give or cause to be given the notice not given by the driver.
(2)
Repealed.
(3)
Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class 2 misdemeanor traffic offense.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2403, § 1, effective 1/1/1995. L. 2004: (3) added, p. 606, § 2, effective July 1; (2) repealed, p. 463, § 3, effective August 4.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-1407 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-1607 was relocated to §
42-4-1807
.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 16 - ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS (§§ 42-4-1601 — 42-4-1612) › Section 42-4-1608 - Accident report forms

(1)
The department shall prepare and upon request supply to police departments, coroners, sheriffs, and other suitable agencies or individuals forms for accident reports required under this article, which reports shall call for sufficiently detailed information to disclose, with reference to a traffic accident, the contributing circumstances, the conditions then existing, and the persons and vehicles involved.
(2)
Every required accident report shall be made on a form approved by the department, where such form is available.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2403, § 1, effective 1/1/1995.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-1408 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-1608 was relocated to §
42-4-1808
.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 16 - ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS (§§ 42-4-1601 — 42-4-1612) › Section 42-4-1609 - Coroners to report

Every coroner or other official performing like functions shall on or before the tenth day of each month report in writing to the department the death of any person within such official's jurisdiction during the preceding calendar month as the result of an accident involving a motor vehicle and the circumstances of such accident.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2403, § 1, effective 1/1/1995.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-1409 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-1609 was relocated to §
42-4-1809
.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 16 - ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS (§§ 42-4-1601 — 42-4-1612) › Section 42-4-1610 - Reports by interested parties confidential

All accident reports and supplemental reports required by law to be made by any driver, owner, or person involved in any accident shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting and shall be for the confidential use of the department; except that the department may disclose the identity of a person involved in an accident when such identity is not otherwise known or when such person denies his or her presence at such accident. Except as provided in section
42-7-504 (2)
, no such report shall be used as evidence in any trial, civil or criminal, arising out of an accident; except that the department shall furnish, upon demand of any person who has, or claims to have, made such a report or upon demand of any court, a certificate showing that a specified accident report has or has not been made to the department solely to prove a compliance or failure to comply with the requirement that such a report be made to the department. This section shall not be construed to mean that reports of investigation or other reports made by sheriffs, police officers, coroners, or other peace officers shall be confidential, but the same shall be public records and shall be subject to the provisions of section
42-1-206
.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2403, § 1, effective 1/1/1995.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-1410 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-1610 was relocated to §
42-4-1810
.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 16 - ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS (§§ 42-4-1601 — 42-4-1612) › Section 42-4-1611 - Tabulation and analysis of reports

The department shall tabulate and may analyze all accident reports and shall publish annually or at more frequent intervals statistical information based thereon as to the number and circumstances of traffic accidents and in such a way that the information may be of value to the department of transportation in eliminating roadway hazards. The statistical information shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of section
24-1-136
, C.R.S.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2403, § 1, effective 1/1/1995. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 31, § 7, effective August 3.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-1411 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-1611 was relocated to §
42-4-1811
.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 16 - ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS (§§ 42-4-1601 — 42-4-1612) › Section 42-4-1612 - Accidents in state highway work areas

(1)
Repealed.
(2)
For purposes of this section, "state highway work area" includes any area where an employee of the department of transportation is working at the time a fatal accident occurs.
(3)
Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the department of transportation or the Colorado state patrol to specifically identify by name any individual killed, injured, or otherwise involved in an accident.
Amended by 2017 Ch. 174,§ 2, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 2010: Entire section added, (HB 10-1014), ch. 24, p. 98, §1, effective August 11. L. 2017: (1) repealed, (SB 17-231), ch. 174, p. 633, § 2, effective August 9.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 17 - PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE (§§ 42-4-1701 — 42-4-1719) › Section 42-4-1702 - Alcohol- or drug-related traffic offenses - collateral attack

(1)
No person against whom a judgment has been entered for DUI, DUI per se, DWAI, or UDD shall collaterally attack the validity of that judgment unless such attack is commenced within six months after the date of entry of the judgment.
(2)
In recognition of the difficulties attending the litigation of stale claims and the potential for frustrating various statutory provisions directed at repeat offenders, former offenders, and habitual offenders, the only exceptions to the time limitations specified in subsection (1)(a) of this section are:
(a)
A case in which the court entering judgment did not have jurisdiction over the subject matter of the alleged infraction;
(b)
A case in which the court entering judgment did not have jurisdiction over the person of the violator;
(c)
Where the court hearing the collateral attack finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the failure to seek relief within the applicable time period was caused by an adjudication of incompetence or by commitment or certification of the violator to an institution for treatment as a person with a mental health disorder; or
(d)
Where the court hearing the collateral attack finds that the failure to seek relief within the applicable time period was the result of circumstances amounting to justifiable excuse or excusable neglect.
Amended by 2017 Ch. 263, § 307, eff. 5/25/2017.
Amended by 2013 Ch. 331, § 16, eff. 5/28/2013.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2417, § 1, effective 1/1/1995. L. 2006: (2)(c) amended, p. 1409, § 80, effective August 7. L. 2008: (1) amended, p. 253, § 21, effective July 1. L. 2013: (1) amended, (HB 13-1325), ch. 331, p. 1886, § 16, effective May 28. L. 2017: IP(2) and (2)(c) amended, (SB 17-242), ch. 263, p. 1381, § 307, effective May 25.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-1501.5 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-1702 was relocated to §
43-5-502
.
(1) For provisions concerning limitation for collateral attack upon trial judgment, see § 16-5-402 . (2) For the legislative declaration in SB 17-242, see section 1 of chapter 263, Session Laws of Colorado 2017.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 17 - PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE (§§ 42-4-1701 — 42-4-1719) › Section 42-4-1703 - Parties to a crime

Every person who commits, conspires to commit, or aids or abets in the commission of any act declared in this article and part 1 of article
2
of this title to be a crime or traffic infraction, whether individually or in connection with one or more other persons or as principal, agent, or accessory, is guilty of such offense or liable for such infraction, and every person who falsely, fraudulently, forcibly, or willfully induces, causes, coerces, requires, permits, or directs another to violate any provision of this article is likewise guilty of such offense or liable for such infraction.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2418, § 1, effective 1/1/1995.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-1502 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-1703 was relocated to §
43-5-503
.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 17 - PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE (§§ 42-4-1701 — 42-4-1719) › Section 42-4-1704 - Offenses by persons controlling vehicles

It is unlawful for the owner or any other person employing or otherwise directing the driver of any vehicle to require or knowingly to permit the operation of such vehicle upon a highway in any manner contrary to law. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class 2 misdemeanor traffic offense.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2418, § 1, effective 1/1/1995.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-1503 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-1704 was relocated to §
43-5-504
.
For penalties for class 2 misdemeanor traffic offenses, see § 42-4-1701(3)(a)(II) .
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 17 - PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE (§§ 42-4-1701 — 42-4-1719) › Section 42-4-1708.5 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2022 Ch. 68,§ 39, eff. 3/1/2022.
Added by 2021 Ch. 462,§ 737, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 2021: Entire section added (SB 21-271), ch. 3315, p. 3315, § 737, effective March 1, 2022.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 17 - PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE (§§ 42-4-1701 — 42-4-1719) › Section 42-4-1711 - Compliance with appearance

A defendant may comply with a requirement to appear in court through an appearance by counsel.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 53, § 4, eff. 8/10/2022.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2425, § 1, effective 1/1/1995.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-1506 at is existed prior to 1994.
2022 Ch. 53, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 17 - PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE (§§ 42-4-1701 — 42-4-1719) › Section 42-4-1712 - Procedure prescribed not exclusive

The foregoing provisions of this article shall govern all police officers in making arrests without a warrant or issuing citations for violations of this article, for offenses or infractions committed in their presence, but the procedure prescribed in this article shall not otherwise be exclusive of any other method prescribed by law for the arrest and prosecution of a person for an offense or infraction of like grade.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2425, § 1, effective 1/1/1995.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-1507 as it existed prior to 1994.
For arrests generally, see article 3 of title 16 .
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 17 - PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE (§§ 42-4-1701 — 42-4-1719) › Section 42-4-1713 - Conviction record inadmissible in civil action

Except as provided in sections
42-2-201
to
42-2-208
, no record of the conviction of any person for any violation of this article shall be admissible as evidence in any court in any civil action.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2425, § 1, effective 1/1/1995.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-1508 as it existed prior to 1994.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 17 - PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE (§§ 42-4-1701 — 42-4-1719) › Section 42-4-1714 - Traffic violation not to affect credibility of witness

The conviction of a person upon a charge of violating any provision of this article or other traffic regulation less than a felony shall not affect or impair the credibility of such person as a witness in any civil or criminal proceeding.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2425, § 1, effective 1/1/1995.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-1509 as it existed prior to 1994.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 17 - PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE (§§ 42-4-1701 — 42-4-1719) › Section 42-4-1716 - Notice to appear or pay fine - failure to appear - penalty - definition

(1)
For the purposes of this part 17, tender by an arresting officer of the summons or penalty assessment notice shall constitute notice to the violator to appear in court at the time specified on such summons or to pay the required fine and surcharge thereon.
(2)
A person commits a class 2 misdemeanor traffic offense if the person fails to appear to answer any offense other than a traffic infraction charged under this part 17.
(3)
(Deleted by amendment, L. 2004, p. 1335, § 9, effective July 1, 2005.)
(4)
(a)
(I)
Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (II) of this paragraph (a), a person who is a parent or legal guardian of a minor under the age of eighteen years and who is required to appear in court with the minor pursuant to the provisions of this part 17 including but not limited to section
42-4-1706 (2)(b)
,
42-4-1707 (1)(b)
, or
42-4-1710
(1.5), shall appear in court at the location and on the date stated in the penalty assessment notice or in the summons and complaint or as instructed by the court.
(II)
The provisions of subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (a) concerning the appearance of a parent or legal guardian shall not apply in a case where the minor under the age of eighteen years or the parent of the minor demonstrates to the court by clear and convincing evidence that the minor is an emancipated minor.
(III)
For purposes of this subsection (4), "emancipated minor" means a minor under the age of eighteen years who has no legal guardian and whose parents have entirely surrendered the right to the care, custody, and earnings of the minor, no longer are under any duty to support or maintain the minor, and have made no provision for the support of the minor.
(b)
Repealed.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 738, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2426, § 1, effective 1/1/1995. L. 2004: (2) and (3) amended and (4) added, p. 1335, § 9, effective 7/1/2005. L. 2021: (2) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3316, p. 3316, § 738, effective 3/1/2022; (4)(b)(II) added by revision, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, pp. 3316, 3331, §§ 738, 803.
(1) This section is similar to former § 42-4-1511 as it existed prior to 1994.
(2) Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
For penalties for class 2 misdemeanor traffic offenses, see § 42-4-1701(3)(a)(II) .