10.01.025 Duty of Driver to Give Certain Information after Accident; Failure to Provide Proof of Liability Insurance or Financial Security; Duty to Render Aid after Accident; Proof of Liability Insurance or Financial Security by Electronic Means, Restrictions.
(a)
(1) The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person or damage to any attended vehicle or property shall give such driver’s name, address, and the registration number of the vehicle such driver is driving, and upon request shall exhibit such driver’s license or permit to drive, the name of the company with which there is in effect a policy of motor vehicle liability insurance covering the vehicle involved in the accident and the policy number of such policy to any person injured in such accident or to the driver or occupant of or person attending any vehicle or other property damaged in such accident and shall give such information and upon request exhibit such license or permit and the name of the insurer and policy number to any police officer at the scene of the accident or who is investigating the accident.
(2) Such driver, insofar as possible, shall immediately make efforts to determine whether any person involved in such accident was injured or killed, and shall render to any person injured in such accident reasonable assistance, including the carrying, or the making of arrangements for the carrying of such person to a physician, surgeon, or hospital for medical or surgical treatment if it is apparent that such treatment is necessary or if such carrying is requested by the injured person.
(b) If no police officer is present, the driver of any vehicle involved in such accident, or any occupant of such vehicle 18 years of age or older, shall immediately report such accident by the quickest available means of communication, to the nearest office of a duly authorized police authority if:
(1) There is apparently property damage of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more;
(2) Any person involved in the accident is injured or killed; or
(3) The persons specified in Subsection (a) are not present or in condition to receive such information.
(c) Unless the insurance company subsequently submits an insurance verification form indicating that insurance was not in force, no person charged with failing to provide the name of such person’s insurance company and policy number as required in Subsection (a), shall be convicted if such person produces in court, within ten (10) days of the date of arrest or of issuance of the citation, evidence of financial security for the motor vehicle operated, which was valid at the time of arrest or of issuance of the citation. For the purpose of this Subsection, evidence of financial security shall be provided by a policy of motor vehicle liability insurance, an identification card or certificate of insurance issued to the policyholder by the insurer which provides the name of the insurer, the policy number, make and year of the vehicle and the effective and expiration dates of the policy, or a certificate of self-insurance signed by the commissioner of insurance. Such evidence also may be produced by displaying on a cellular phone or other type of portable electronic device evidence of financial security required by this Subsection. Any person to whom such evidence of financial security is displayed shall view only such evidence of financial security. Such person shall be prohibited from viewing any other content or information stored on such cellular phone or other portable electronic device.
(d) If the owner of any vehicle that has been involved in a reportable accident, as referenced in Subsection (b), while the vehicle was being driven or was under the physical control of any person other than the owner, the owner shall report the accident to the Olathe Police Department. Notwithstanding this duty to report the accident, the owner shall cooperate with any police investigation and disclose to the Olathe Police Department all known information about the driver of the vehicle at the time of the accident, or any other relevant information. (Ord. 15-64 § 5, 2015; Ord. 14-57 § 5, 2014; Ord. 11-48 § 4, 2011; Ord. 01-89 § 2, 2001.)