Report an injury accident to the police in California
A driver in an accident that injured or killed anyone makes a written report within 24 hours to the California Highway Patrol or, inside a city, to the CHP or the city police.
A driver in an accident that injured or killed anyone makes a written report within 24 hours to the California Highway Patrol or, inside a city, to the CHP or the city police.
Not eligible if: A common carrier vehicle reports differently: its owner or driver reports to the CHP on or before the 10th day of the month following the accident. (checked as: whether the vehicle is a common carrier vehicle = true)
Written report: Within 24 hours after the accident.
How it is filed
What an agent may do: authorized representative. The driver makes the written report, or causes it to be made.
What this page does not know
How the written report is delivered (at an office, on a form, online) is not stated in the section read.
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