C.R.S. § 42-4-1606: Duty to report crashes - definition.

(1) The driver of a vehicle involved in a traffic crash resulting in injury to, serious bodily injury to, or death of any person or any property damage shall, after fulfilling the requirements of sections 42-4-1602 and 42-4-1603 (1), give immediate notice of the location of such crash and such other information as is specified in section 42-4-1603 (2) to the nearest office of the duly authorized police authority and, if so directed by the police authority, shall immediately return to and remain at the scene of the crash until said police have arrived at the scene and completed their investigation thereat.

(2) Repealed.

(3) The department may require any driver of a vehicle involved in a crash of which report must be made as provided in this section to file supplemental reports whenever the original report is insufficient in the opinion of the department and may require witnesses of crashes to render reports to the department.

(4) (a) It is the duty of all law enforcement officers who receive notification of traffic crashes within their respective jurisdictions or who investigate traffic crashes either at the time of or at the scene of the crash or thereafter by interviewing participants or witnesses to submit reports of all crashes to the department on the form provided, including insurance information received from any driver, within five days after the time they receive the information or complete their investigation. If a participant in a crash dies within thirty days after the crash as a result of an injury sustained in the crash, the law enforcement officer who was notified of or investigated the crash shall submit an amended report to the department within five days after receiving notification of the death. The law enforcement officer shall indicate in the report whether the inflatable restraint system in the vehicle, if any, inflated and deployed in the crash. For the purposes of this section, "inflatable restraint system" has the meaning set forth in 49 CFR 571.208 S4.1.5.1 (b).

(b) The law enforcement officer is not required to complete an investigation or file a crash report:

(I) In the case of a traffic crash involving a motor vehicle, if the law enforcement officer has a reasonable basis to believe that damage to the property of any one person does not exceed one thousand dollars and if the traffic crash does not involve injury to or death of any person; except that the officer shall complete an investigation and file a report if specifically requested to do so by one of the participants or if one of the participants cannot show proof of insurance; or

(II) In the case of a traffic accident or crash not involving a motor vehicle, if the traffic accident or crash does not involve serious bodily injury to or death of any person.

(5) The person in charge at any garage or repair shop to which is brought any motor vehicle which shows evidence of having been struck by any bullet shall report to the nearest office of the duly authorized police authority within twenty-four hours after such motor vehicle is received, giving the vehicle identification number, registration number, and, if known, the name and address of the owner and operator of such vehicle together with any other discernible information.

(6) Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class 2 misdemeanor traffic offense.