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90_HB2402
625 ILCS 5/11-401 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-401
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to provide that the
driver of a vehicle knowingly involved in a motor vehicle
accident, regardless of the driver's knowledge that the
accident resulted in personal injury or death, shall stop
(instead of requiring a driver of a vehicle involved in a
motor vehicle accident resulting in personal injury or death
to stop). Requires the driver to take reasonable steps to
ascertain whether the accident resulted in personal injury or
death.
LRB9007750NTsb
LRB9007750NTsb
1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
2 Section 11-401.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
6 changing Section 11-401 as follows:
7 (625 ILCS 5/11-401) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-401)
8 Sec. 11-401. Motor vehicle accidents involving death or
9 personal injuries. (a) The driver of any vehicle knowingly
10 involved in a motor vehicle accident, regardless of the
11 driver's knowledge that the accident resulted resulting in
12 personal injury to or death of any person, shall immediately
13 stop such vehicle at the scene of such accident, or as close
14 thereto as possible and shall then forthwith return to, and
15 in every event shall remain at the scene of the accident
16 until the requirements of Section 11-403 have been fulfilled.
17 The driver of any vehicle knowingly involved in a motor
18 vehicle accident shall take reasonable steps to ascertain
19 whether the accident resulted in personal injury or death of
20 any person. Every such stop shall be made without
21 obstructing traffic more than is necessary.
22 (b) Any person who has failed to stop or to comply with
23 said requirements shall, within 3 hours after such motor
24 vehicle accident, or, if hospitalized and incapacitated from
25 reporting at any time during such period, within 48 hours
26 after being discharged from the hospital, report the place of
27 the accident, the date, the approximate time, the driver's
28 name and address, the registration number of the vehicle
29 driven, and the names of all other occupants of such vehicle,
30 at a police station or sheriff's office near the place where
31 such accident occurred. No report made as required under this
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1 paragraph shall be used, directly or indirectly, as a basis
2 for the prosecution of any violation of paragraph (a).
3 For purposes of this Section, personal injury shall mean
4 any injury requiring immediate professional treatment in a
5 medical facility or doctor's office.
6 (c) Any person failing to comply with paragraph (a) of
7 shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
8 (d) Any person failing to comply with paragraph (b)
9 shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
10 (e) The Secretary of State shall revoke the driving
11 privilege of any person convicted of a violation of this
12 Section.
13 (Source: P.A. 84-272.)