If you're involved in a car accident in which there are fatalities, are you obliged to remain on the scene of the accident after the ambulance service had been called?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the photo, you can see the scene of an accident: a crashed car, an ambulance, the police and the fire brigade. If you are involved in an accident in which someone has died, your obligation is not only to call for help but also to stay at the scene until the emergency services arrive. The Police must establish how the accident happened, question the people involved and test their sobriety.
The Road Traffic Act places on a driver involved in an accident in which someone has been killed or injured the obligation to give help to the victims, to call the emergency medical team and the police, to refrain from actions that could make it difficult to establish how the accident happened, to refrain from alcohol until tested, and to stay at the scene of the accident. If calling for help requires leaving, you must return immediately. A driver who caused an accident and flees the scene is punished by the court as severely as a drunk driver.
Legal basis: Art. 44 para. 2 point 1, 2, 2a and 3 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)