Section 32-10-8

Accident report forms.

(a) The director shall prepare and upon request supply to police departments, coroners, sheriffs, garages and other suitable agencies or individuals, uniform accident report forms required under this chapter. The required written accident report or citation to be made by persons involved in accidents or charged with a moving violation and by investigating officers shall call for sufficiently detailed information, to disclose with reference to a traffic accident, including but not limited to location of accident, probable cause, injuries to persons, property damage, deaths of persons, registration of vehicles involved including license numbers, name, address, Social Security number and driver's license number of operator, highway design and maintenance (including lighting, markings and road surface) and names and addresses of witnesses.

(b) Every accident report required to be made in writing shall be made on the uniform accident report form approved and supplied by the director and shall contain all available information required therein.

(Acts 1943, No. 558, p. 548, §8; Acts 1969, No. 272, p. 603; Acts 1980, No. 80-803, p. 1635.)