Victorian Numbered Regulations Victorian Numbered Regulations(1) If owing to the presence of a vehicle (other than a motor vehicle) an accident occurs whereby any person is injured or any property (including any animal) is damaged or destroyed, the driver of the vehicle—
(a) must immediately stop the vehicle; and
(b) must immediately render such assistance as he or she can; and
(c) must at the scene of the accident as soon as possible give his or her name and address and also the name and address of the owner of the vehicle and the identifying number of the vehicle—
(i) to any person who has been injured or to the owner of any property which has been damaged or destroyed; or
(ii) to a person representing the injured person or the owner of the property; and
(d) must at the scene of the accident as soon as possible give those names and addresses to any police officer who is present; and
(e) if any person is injured and no police officer is present at the scene of the accident, must as soon as possible report in person full particulars of the accident at the police station that is most accessible from the scene of the accident if that station is open and, if it is not open, at the next most accessible station; and
(f) if any property is damaged or destroyed and neither the owner of the property nor any person representing the owner nor any police officer is present at the scene of the accident, must as soon as possible report in person full particulars of the accident at the police station that is most accessible from the scene of the accident if that station is open and, if it is not open, at the next most accessible station.
Penalty: 3 penalty units.
Note
The accident reporting requirements for drivers of motor vehicles is in section 61 of the Road Safety Act 1986 .
(2) In this rule—
"accident" has the same meaning as crash .
Note
Crash is defined in the dictionary.