2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 6 - Accidents and Accident Reports › Article 22 - Accidents and Accident Reports › 600 - Leaving Scene of an Incident Without Reporting.

§ 600. Leaving  scene  of  an  incident without reporting. 1. Property
  damage. a. Any person operating a motor vehicle who, knowing  or  having
  cause to know that damage has been caused to the real property or to the
  personal property, not including animals, of another, due to an incident
  involving  the  motor  vehicle  operated  by  such  person shall, before
  leaving the place where the damage occurred, stop, exhibit  his  or  her
  license  and  insurance  identification card for such vehicle, when such
  card is required pursuant to articles six and eight of this chapter, and
  give his or her name, residence, including street and number,  insurance
  carrier  and  insurance  identification  information  including  but not
  limited to the number and effective dates of said individual's insurance
  policy, and license number to the party sustaining  the  damage,  or  in
  case  the person sustaining the damage is not present at the place where
  the damage occurred then he or she shall report  the  same  as  soon  as
  physically  able  to the nearest police station, or judicial officer. In
  addition to the foregoing, any such person shall also: (i)  (A)  produce
  the   proof   of   insurance   coverage  required  pursuant  to  article
  forty-four-B of this chapter if such person is a TNC driver operating  a
  TNC  vehicle  while  the  incident occurred who was (1) logged on to the
  TNC's digital network but not engaged in a TNC prearranged trip  or  (2)
  was  engaged  in  a TNC prearranged trip; and (B) disclose whether he or
  she, at the time such incident occurred, was (1) logged on to the  TNC's
  digital  network  but  not  engaged in a TNC prearranged trip or (2) was
  engaged in a TNC prearranged trip, or (ii)  (A)  produce  the  proof  of
  insurance  coverage  required  pursuant  to article forty of the general
  business law if such person is a shared vehicle owner or shared  vehicle
  driver  operating  a  shared  vehicle  during a peer-to-peer car sharing
  period while the incident occurred; and (B) disclose whether he or  she,
  at  the  time  such  incident  occurred,  was operating a shared vehicle
  during a peer-to-peer car sharing period.
b. It shall be the duty of any member of a law enforcement agency  who
  is  at  the  scene  of  the  accident  to  request  the said operator or
  operators of the motor vehicles, when physically capable of doing so, to
  exchange the information required hereinabove and such member of  a  law
  enforcement  agency  shall  assist  such operator or operators in making
  such exchange of information in a reasonable and harmonious manner.
A violation of the provisions of paragraph a of this subdivision shall
  constitute a traffic infraction punishable  by  a  fine  of  up  to  two
  hundred  fifty  dollars  or a sentence of imprisonment for up to fifteen
  days or both such fine and imprisonment.
2. Personal injury. a. Any  person  operating  a  motor  vehicle  who,
  knowing  or having cause to know that personal injury has been caused to
  another person, due to an incident involving the motor vehicle  operated
  by  such  person shall, before leaving the place where the said personal
  injury  occurred,  stop,  exhibit  his  or  her  license  and  insurance
  identification  card  for  such  vehicle,  when  such  card  is required
  pursuant to articles six and eight of this chapter, and give his or  her
  name,  residence,  including street and street number, insurance carrier
  and insurance identification information including but  not  limited  to
  the number and effective dates of said individual's insurance policy and
  license number, to the injured party, if practical, and also to a police
  officer,  or  in  the event that no police officer is in the vicinity of
  the place of said injury, then, he or she shall report said incident  as
  soon  as  physically  able  to  the  nearest  police station or judicial
  officer. In addition to the foregoing, any such person shall  also:  (i)
  (A) produce the proof of insurance coverage required pursuant to article
  forty-four-B  of this chapter if such person is a TNC driver operating a
  TNC vehicle at the time of the incident who was (1)  logged  on  to  the

  TNC's  digital  network but not engaged in a TNC prearranged trip or (2)
  was engaged in a TNC prearranged trip; and (B) disclose  whether  he  or
  she,  at the time such incident occurred, was (1) logged on to the TNC's
  digital  network  but  not  engaged in a TNC prearranged trip or (2) was
  engaged in a TNC prearranged trip, or (ii)  (A)  produce  the  proof  of
  insurance  coverage  required  pursuant  to article forty of the general
  business law if such person is a shared vehicle owner or shared  vehicle
  driver  operating  a  shared  vehicle  during a peer-to-peer car sharing
  period while the incident occurred; and (B) disclose whether he or  she,
  at  the  time  such  incident  occurred,  was operating a shared vehicle
  during a peer-to-peer car sharing period.
b. It shall be the duty of any member of a law enforcement agency  who
  is  at  the  scene  of  the  accident  to  request  the said operator or
  operators of the motor vehicles, when physically capable of doing so, to
  exchange the information required hereinabove and such member of  a  law
  enforcement  agency  shall  assist  such operator or operators in making
  such exchange of information in a reasonable and harmonious manner.
c. A violation of the provisions of paragraph a  of  this  subdivision
  resulting  solely  from the failure of an operator to exhibit his or her
  license and insurance identification card for the  vehicle  or  exchange
  the  information  required  in such paragraph shall constitute a class B
  misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty  nor
  more  than  five  hundred  dollars  in  addition  to any other penalties
  provided by law. Any subsequent such violation shall constitute a  class
  A  misdemeanor  punishable  by  a fine of not less than five hundred nor
  more than one thousand  dollars  in  addition  to  any  other  penalties
  provided  by law. Any violation of the provisions of paragraph a of this
  subdivision, other than for the mere failure of an operator  to  exhibit
  his or her license and insurance identification card for such vehicle or
  exchange  the information required in such paragraph, shall constitute a
  class A misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than seven hundred
  fifty dollars nor more than one thousand  dollars  in  addition  to  any
  other  penalties  provided  by  law.  Any  such violation committed by a
  person after such  person  has  previously  been  convicted  of  such  a
  violation shall constitute a class E felony, punishable by a fine of not
  less  than one thousand nor more than three thousand dollars in addition
  to any other penalties provided by law. Any violation of the  provisions
  of  paragraph  a of this subdivision, other than for the mere failure of
  an operator to exhibit his or her license and  insurance  identification
  card  for  such  vehicle  or  exchange  the information required in such
  paragraph, where the personal injury involved  (i)  results  in  serious
  physical  injury,  as  defined  in section 10.00 of the penal law, shall
  constitute a class E felony, punishable by a fine of not less  than  one
  thousand  nor  more  than five thousand dollars in addition to any other
  penalties provided by law, or (ii) results in death shall  constitute  a
  class  D  felony  punishable by a fine of not less than two thousand nor
  more than five thousand dollars  in  addition  to  any  other  penalties
  provided by law.
3.  For  the  purposes of this article, the terms "TNC", "TNC driver",
  "TNC vehicle", "TNC prearranged trip" and "digital network"  shall  have
  the  same  meanings as such terms are defined in article forty-four-B of
  this chapter and the  terms  "shared  vehicle  owner",  "shared  vehicle
  driver",  "shared  vehicle"  and "peer-to-peer car sharing period" shall
  have the same meanings as such terms are defined in article forty of the
  general business law.