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If you're involved in a car accident in which there are no injuries or fatalities, are you obliged to call the Police?

If you're involved in a car accident in which there are no injuries or fatalities, are you obliged to call the Police?

Description

Art. 44 para. 1 of the Act of 20 June 1997 - Road Traffic Act (Journal of Laws of 2012, item 1137, as amended)
Explanation

Correct answer: No

There is no obligation to call the Police if a traffic incident involves only material damage and no one has been injured or killed. Such a situation is legally classified as a road collision, not an accident. According to Art. 44 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act, the participants should remove their vehicles from the road so as not to obstruct traffic and can write a joint statement of facts, which forms the basis for the insurer to settle the claim.