C-24.2, r. 40

Regulation respecting accident reports

Updated to 11November 011 2024

chapter C-24.2, r. 40

Regulation respecting accident reports

HIGHWAY SAFETY CODE — ACCIDENT REPORTS

Highway Safety Code

(chapter C-24.2, s. 620, pars. 5 and 5.1).

C-24.2

09September 011 2012

1. Every peace officer who, pursuant to sections 173 and 176 of the Highway Safety Code (chapter C-24.2), is called to the scene of an accident in which a person has sustained bodily injury, must report the accident by filling out the form provided for in Schedule I.

O.C. 708-99, s. 1; O.C. 120-2010, s. 1.

2. Every peace officer who is called to the scene of an accident shall, in the following cases, report the accident by filling out section I of the form provided for in Schedule I:

(1)  (subparagraph revoked);

(2)  the accident caused only property damage in excess of $2,000 in one of the following situations:

(a)  the accident involved a heavy vehicle other than a bus used for urban transport under a contract with a public transport body, an intermunicipal transport commission, an intermunicipal board, a municipality or a group of municipalities;

(b)  the accident occurred on an autoroute or a provincial, regional or feeder road the Minister of Transport is responsible for under Order in Council 292-93 dated 3 March 1993; or

(c)  the accident occurred on a road under municipal management within a 100 m stretch giving access to a highway or a road referred to in subparagraph b.

This section also applies to the insurer with respect to an accident referred to in subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph.

O.C. 708-99, s. 2; O.C. 120-2010, s. 2.

3. If there is not enough space on the form to make a sketch of the accident, the sketch shall be made on a separate sheet on which the peace officer shall indicate the event number of the report.

O.C. 708-99, s. 3.

4. This Regulation replaces the Regulation respecting accident reports (O.C. 261-88, 88-02-24).

O.C. 708-99, s. 4.

5. (Omitted.)

O.C. 708-99, s. 5.

SCHEDULE I

(s. 1)

RAPPORT D’ACCIDENT DE VÉHICULES ROUTIERS

O.C. 708-99, Sch. I; O.C. 508-2003, s. 1; O.C. 120-2010, s. 3.

SCHEDULE II

(Revoked)

O.C. 708-99, Sch. II; O.C. 120-2010, s. 4.

REFERENCES

O.C. 708-99, 1999 G.O. 2, 1685

O.C. 508-2003, 2003 G.O. 2, 1395

O.C. 120-2010, 2010 G.O. 2, 625