AB 2565, as introduced, Muratsuchi. Vehicles: accidents.
Existing law requires the driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person to also give his or her name, current residence address, the names and current residence addresses of any occupant of the driver’s vehicle injured in the accident, the registration number of the vehicle he or she is driving, and the name and current residence address of the owner to the person struck or the driver or occupants of any vehicle collided with, and must give the information to any traffic or police officer at the scene of the accident. Existing law also requires the driver to render to any person injured in the accident reasonable assistance, including transporting, or making arrangements for transporting, any injured person to a physician, surgeon, or hospital for medical or surgical treatment if it is apparent that treatment is necessary or if that transportation is requested by any injured person.
This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that provision.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 20003 of the Vehicle Code is amended
2to read:
(a) The driver ofbegin delete anyend deletebegin insert aend insert vehicle involved in an accident
4resulting in injury to or death of any person shall also give his or
5her name, current residence address, the names and current
6residence addresses of any occupant of the driver’s vehicle injured
7in the accident, the registration number of the vehicle he or she is
8driving, and the name and current residence address of the owner
9to the person struck or the driver or occupants of any vehicle
10collided with, and shall give the information to any traffic or police
11officer at the scene of the accident. The driver also shall render to
12any person injured
in the accident reasonable assistance, including
13transporting, or making arrangements for transporting, any injured
14person to a physician, surgeon, or hospital for medical or surgical
15treatment if it is apparent that treatment is necessary or if that
16transportation is requested by any injured person.
17(b) Any driver or injured occupant of a driver’s vehicle subject
18to the provisions of subdivision (a) shall also, upon being requested,
19exhibit his or her driver’s license, if available, or, in the case of
20an injured occupant, any other available identification, to the person
21struck or to the driver or occupants of any vehicle collided with,
22and to any traffic or police officer at the scene of the accident.
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