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    ACCIDENT, DRIVER FAIL TO REPORT TO POLICE
          811.748 Driver failure to report accident to police officer or law enforcement agency; penalty. (1) The driver of a vehicle commits the offense of driver failure to report an accident if the driver is driving any vehicle that is involved in an accident required to be reported under ORS 811.745 and the driver, if physically capable, does not give notice of the accident immediately to a police officer or a law enforcement agency by the quickest means available.
          (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a driver does not commit the offense of driver failure to report an accident if:
          (a) The accident required to be reported under ORS 811.745 results in a serious injury or death; and
          (b) The driver gives notice of the accident immediately to a 9-1-1 emergency reporting system by the quickest means available.
          (3) The offense described in this section, driver failure to report an accident, is a Class A traffic violation.


         811.745 When accident must be reported to police officer or law enforcement agency. (1) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, any accident occurring on a highway or upon premises open to the public resulting in injury or death to any person is subject to the reporting requirements under the following sections:
          (a) The reporting requirements for drivers under ORS 811.748.
          (b) The reporting requirements for occupants of vehicles in accidents under ORS 811.750.
          (2) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, an accident occurring on a highway or upon premises open to the public resulting in damage to the property of any person in excess of $1,500 is subject to the following reporting requirements:
          (a) The driver of a vehicle that has more than $1,500 damage must report the accident in the manner specified under ORS 811.748.
          (b) If the property damage is to property other than a vehicle involved in the accident, each driver involved in the accident must report the accident in the manner specified under ORS 811.748.
          (c) If a vehicle involved in the accident is damaged to the extent that the vehicle must be towed from the scene of the accident, each driver involved in the accident must report the accident in the manner specified under ORS 811.748.
          (3) The dollar amount specified in subsection (2) of this section may be increased every five years by the Department of Transportation based upon any increase in the Portland-Salem Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for All Items as prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor or its successor during the preceding 12-month period. The amount determined under this subsection shall be rounded to the nearest $100.
          (4) The following are exempt from the reporting requirements of this section:
          (a) Operators of snowmobiles and Class I, Class III and Class IV all-terrain vehicles.
          (b) A law enforcement official acting in the course of official duty if the accident involved a law enforcement official performing a lawful intervention technique or involved a law enforcement official and a person acting during the commission of a criminal offense. As used in this paragraph:
          (A) “Law enforcement official” means a person who is responsible for enforcing the criminal laws of this state or a political subdivision of this state and who is employed or volunteers:
          (i) As a peace officer commissioned by a city, port, university that has established a police department under ORS 352.383, school district, mass transit district, county or service district authorized to provide law enforcement services under ORS 451.010;
          (ii) With the Department of State Police or the Criminal Justice Division of the Department of Justice; or
          (iii) As an investigator of a district attorney’s office, if the investigator is certified as a peace officer in this state.
          (B) “Lawful intervention technique” means a method by which one motor vehicle causes, or attempts to cause, another motor vehicle to stop.
          (5) The reporting requirements under this section are in addition to, and not in lieu of, the reporting requirements under ORS 811.720.
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