Are you obliged to give necessary aid to the victim of the accident in this situation?

The car in front of you has hit a pedestrian, who is lying on the road and may be seriously injured. You must give him the necessary help: make the scene safe, call an ambulance and the police, check whether he is breathing and look after him until the rescuers arrive. Helping within the limits of your skills is a duty, not a matter of good will.

The Road Traffic Act states that if someone is injured in an accident, the driver involved in the accident and other people involved in it must give the necessary help to the victims and call the emergency medical team and the police. You, as a witness, are bound by the State Emergency Medical Services Act, which requires you to inform the emergency services without delay, and the Criminal Code provides for a penalty of up to 3 years in prison for anyone who does not help a person in direct danger of losing their life or suffering serious harm to health, even though they could have helped without putting themselves at risk. The dispatcher at 112 will tell you step by step what to do.

Legal basis: Art. 44 para. 2 point 1 and para. 3 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); Art. 162 § 1 of the Criminal Code; Art. 4 of the State Emergency Medical Services Act