If you're involved in a car accident in which there are injured persons, are you obliged to leave your car at the scene of the accident?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the photo, you can see the scene of an accident in a city: a police car, two ambulances, paramedics and a damaged light-coloured car in the middle of the street. Since people have been injured in the accident, a person involved must leave the vehicle at the scene - its position, skid marks and scattered debris allow the Police to reconstruct how the accident happened. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act requires a driver involved in an accident in which someone has been killed or injured not to take actions that could make it difficult to establish how the accident happened, and to stay at the scene; the obligation to remove the vehicle immediately applies only to accidents in which no one has been killed or injured. Instead of moving the car, you secure the scene with the hazard warning lights and a warning triangle, give help to the injured and wait for the Police, who will decide when the vehicles may be removed from the roadway.
Legal basis: Art. 44 para. 1 point 3 and para. 2 point 2 and 3 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)