(a) Each operator of a motor vehicle who is knowingly involved in an accident which results in the death of any other person shall at once stop and render such assistance as may be needed and shall give such operator's name, address and operator's license number and registration number to any officer or witness to the death of any person, and if such operator of the motor vehicle causing the death of any person is unable to give such operator's name, address and operator's license number and registration number to any witness or officer, for any reason or cause, such operator shall immediately report such death of any person to a police officer, a constable, a state police officer or an inspector of motor vehicles or at the nearest police precinct or station, and shall state in such report the location and circumstances of the accident causing the death of any person and such operator's name, address, operator's license number and registration number.(b) (1) Each operator of a motor vehicle who is knowingly involved in an accident which causes serious physical injury, as defined in section 53a-3, to any other person shall at once stop and render such assistance as may be needed vehicle who is knowingly involved in an accident which causes serious physical injury, as defined in section 53a-3, to any other person shall at once stop and render such assistance as may be needed and shall give such operator's name, address and operator's license number and registration number to the person injured or to any officer or witness to the serious physical injury to person. If such operator of the motor vehicle causing the serious physical injury of any person is unable to give such operator's name, address and operator's license number and registration number to the person injured or to any witness or officer, for any reason or cause, such operator shall immediately report such serious physical injury of any person to a police officer, a constable, a state police officer or an inspector of motor vehicles or at the nearest police precinct or station, and shall state in such report the location and circumstances of the accident causing the serious physical injury of any person and such operator's name, address, operator's license number and registration number.(2) Each operator of a motor vehicle who is knowingly involved in an accident that causes physical injury, person and such operator's name, address, operator's license number and registration number.(2) Each operator of a motor vehicle who is knowingly involved in an accident that causes physical injury, as defined in section 53a-3, to any other person shall at once stop and render such assistance as may be needed and shall give such operator's name, address and operator's license number and registration number to the person injured or to any officer or witness to the physical injury. If such operator of the motor vehicle causing the physical injury is unable to give such operator's name, address and operator's license number and registration number to the person injured or to any witness or officer, for any reason or cause, such operator shall immediately report such physical injury of any person to a police officer, a constable, a state police officer or an inspector of motor vehicles or at the nearest police precinct or station, and shall state in such report the location and circumstances of the accident causing the physical injury of any person and such operator's name, address, operator's license number and registration number.(3) Each operator of a motor vehicle who is ircumstances of the accident causing the physical injury of any person and such operator's name, address, operator's license number and registration number.(3) Each operator of a motor vehicle who is knowingly involved in an accident that causes injury or damage to property shall at once stop and render such assistance as may be needed and shall give such operator's name, address and operator's license number and registration number to the owner of the injured or damaged property, or to any officer or witness to the injury or damage to property, and if such operator of the motor vehicle causing the injury or damage to any property is unable to give such operator's name, address and operator's license number and registration number to the owner of the property injured or damaged, or to any witness or officer, for any reason or cause, such operator shall immediately report such injury or damage to property to a police officer, a constable, a state police officer or an inspector of motor vehicles or at the nearest police precinct or station, and shall state in such report the location and circumstances of the accident causing the injury or damage to property and such operator's name, vehicles or at the nearest police precinct or station, and shall state in such report the location and circumstances of the accident causing the injury or damage to property and such operator's name, address, operator's license number and registration number.(c) (1) No person shall operate a motor vehicle upon any public highway or parking area for any race, contest, demonstration of speed or skill or street takeover. As used in this section, 'street takeover' means taking over a portion of a public highway or parking area by blocking or impeding the regular flow of traffic with intent to cause disorder or create a nuisance for other users of such highway or parking area.(2) No person shall (A) possess a motor vehicle under circumstances manifesting an intent that it be used in a race, contest, demonstration or street takeover prohibited under subdivision (1) of this subsection, (B) act as a starter, timekeeper or judge at any such race, contest, demonstration or street takeover, or (C) wager on the outcome of any such race, contest, demonstration or street takeover, or (D) knowingly incite or recruit by any action, method, device or means, including, but not limited to, ver, or (C) wager on the outcome of any such race, contest, demonstration or street takeover, or (D) knowingly incite or recruit by any action, method, device or means, including, but not limited to, electronic or social media, in advance of any such race, contest, demonstration or street takeover, any person for participation in the performance of any such race, contest, demonstration or street takeover.(d) Each person operating a motor vehicle who is knowingly involved in an accident on a limited access highway which causes damage to property only shall immediately move or cause such person's motor vehicle to be moved from the traveled portion of the highway to an untraveled area which is adjacent to the accident site if it is possible to move the motor vehicle without risk of further damage to property or injury to any person.(e) No person who acts in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this section may be considered to have violated subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of this section.(f) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (a) or subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section shall be guilty of a class B felony.(g) (1) Any person who violates ) of this section.(f) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (a) or subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section shall be guilty of a class B felony.(g) (1) Any person who violates the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section shall be guilty of a class D felony.(2) Any person who violates the provisions of subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of this section or subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of this section shall be guilty of a (A) class A misdemeanor for a first offense, and (B) class D felony for any subsequent offense.(3) Any person who violates the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of this section shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.(h) In addition to any penalty imposed pursuant to subsection (g) of this section: (1) If any person is convicted of a violation of subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of this section and the motor vehicle being operated by such person at the time of the violation is registered to such person, the court may order such motor vehicle to be impounded for not more than thirty days and such person shall be responsible for any fees or costs resulting from such impoundment; or (2) if any person is he court may order such motor vehicle to be impounded for not more than thirty days and such person shall be responsible for any fees or costs resulting from such impoundment; or (2) if any person is convicted of a violation of subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of this section and the motor vehicle being operated by such person at the time of the violation is not registered to such person, the court may fine such person not more than two thousand dollars, and for any subsequent offense may fine such person not more than three thousand dollars.(1949 Rev., S. 2410; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 8; P.A. 81-268, S. 2; P.A. 82-472, S. 45, 183; P.A. 83-135; 83-534, S. 10; P.A. 94-188, S. 9; P.A. 97-291, S. 3, 5; P.A. 06-173, S. 2; P.A. 09-120, S. 1; P.A. 14-130, S. 25; P.A. 15-211, S. 28; P.A. 16-94, S. 1; P.A. 19-53, S. 3; P.A. 21-175, S. 23; P.A. 23-135, S. 39; 23-203, S. 4.)History: P.A. 81-268 amended Subsec. (c) by increasing the minimum fine from $50 to $75 and the maximum fine from $100 to $200 for first offenses, and increasing the maximum fine for subsequent offenses from $200 to $600; P.A. 82-472 made a technical correction; P.A. 83-135 amended Subsec. the maximum fine from $100 to $200 for first offenses, and increasing the maximum fine for subsequent offenses from $200 to $600; P.A. 82-472 made a technical correction; P.A. 83-135 amended Subsec. (c) by increasing the maximum fine from $200 to $600 for a first offense and from $600 to $1,000 for a subsequent offense; P.A. 83-534 inserted new Subsecs. (a) and (d) re evading responsibility in an accident causing serious physical injury or death and the penalty therefor, redesignated the former Subsecs. and limited the former provisions re evading responsibility to accidents causing 'physical injury as defined in section 53a-3' or injury or damage to property; P.A. 94-188 inserted new Subsecs. (d) and (e) re removal of vehicle from traveled portion of highway and redesignated the former Subsecs. (d) and (e) as (f) and (g); P.A. 97-291 amended Subsec. (f) to increase the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000 and the maximum term of imprisonment from 5 to 10 years; P.A. 06-173 amended Subsec. (c) to designate existing provision as Subdiv. (1) and add Subdiv. (2) prohibiting a person possessing a motor vehicle under circumstances manifesting an intent that it be used in a race or d Subsec. (c) to designate existing provision as Subdiv. (1) and add Subdiv. (2) prohibiting a person possessing a motor vehicle under circumstances manifesting an intent that it be used in a race or event prohibited under Subdiv. (1), acting as a starter, timekeeper, judge or spectator at such a race or event or wagering on the outcome of such a race or event; P.A. 09-120 added Subsec. (h) re motor vehicle impoundment or fine for violation of Subsec. (c)(1), effective July 1, 2009; P.A. 14-130 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provisions re serious physical injury, amended Subsec. (b) by designating existing provisions as Subdiv. (1) and amending same by replacing provisions re physical injury with provisions re serious physical injury and deleting provisions re injury or damage to property, adding Subdiv. (2) re accident that causes physical injury and adding Subdiv. (3) re accident that causes injury or damage to property, and made technical and conforming changes; P.A. 15-211 amended Subsec. (f) by increasing maximum fine from $10,000 to $20,000, minimum term of imprisonment from 1 year to 2 years and maximum term of imprisonment from 10 years to 20 years; P.A. .A. 15-211 amended Subsec. (f) by increasing maximum fine from $10,000 to $20,000, minimum term of imprisonment from 1 year to 2 years and maximum term of imprisonment from 10 years to 20 years; P.A. 16-94 amended Subsec. (g) by designating existing provision re person who violates provisions of Subsec. (b)(2) or (3) or Subsec. (c) as Subdiv. (1) and amending same to delete references to Subsec. (b)(3) and Subsec. (c) and replace 'one year' with 'five years', and by adding Subdiv. (2) re person who violates provisions of Subsec. (b)(3) or Subsec. (c), and made technical and conforming changes; P.A. 19-53 amended Subsec. (g) by adding new Subdiv. (2) re violation of Subsec. (c)(1), redesignating existing Subdiv. (2) as Subdiv. (3) and making a conforming change; P.A. 21-175 amended Subsec. (c) to replace provisions re wager or making a speed record with provisions re contest or demonstration of speed or skill in Subdiv. (1) and replace 'or event' with 'contest or demonstration of speed or skill' in Subdiv. (2); P.A. 23-135 amended Subsec. (c)(1) to add reference to parking area, street takeover and motor vehicle stunt and define 'street takeover', amended Subsec. nstration of speed or skill' in Subdiv. (2); P.A. 23-135 amended Subsec. (c)(1) to add reference to parking area, street takeover and motor vehicle stunt and define 'street takeover', amended Subsec. (c)(2) to add reference to street takeover and motor vehicle stunt, remove reference to spectator in Subpara. (B) and add Subpara. (D) re knowingly encouraging, promoting, instigating, assisting, facilitating or aiding or abetting, amended Subsec. (g) to move provisions re violation of Subsec. (b)(3) from existing Subdiv. (3) to new Subdiv. (2), redesignate existing Subdiv. (2) as new Subdiv. (3), delete provision re penalty for subsequent offense of Subsecs. (b)(3) and (c)(2), and add Subdiv. (4) to make violation of Subsec. (c)(2) a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for 6 months or more or both, and made technical and conforming changes; P.A. 23-203 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting language re motor vehicle stunt and making conforming changes throughout, replacing 'for the purpose of causing disorder or creating a nuisance to' with 'with intent to cause disorder or create a nuisance for' in Subdiv. icle stunt and making conforming changes throughout, replacing 'for the purpose of causing disorder or creating a nuisance to' with 'with intent to cause disorder or create a nuisance for' in Subdiv. (1) and replacing 'encourage, promote, instigate, assist, facilitate or aid or abet any person' with 'incite or recruit by any action, method, device or means, including, but not limited to, electronic or social media, in advance of any such race, contest, demonstration or street takeover, any person for participation' in Subdiv. (2), replaced penalties in Subsec. (f) by making the violation a class B felony, amended Subsec. (g) by replacing penalties in Subdiv. (1) by making the violation a class D felony, adding a violation of Subsec. (c)(1) and replacing penalties in Subdiv. (2) by making the violations a class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a class D felony for any subsequent offense, deleting Subdiv. (3) re a violation of Subsec. (c)(1), redesignating existing Subdiv. (4) as Subdiv. (3) and therein replacing penalties by making violation a class B misdemeanor.
Connecticut Legal Code
§ 14.224
Connecticut Title 14 — Connecticut law