N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 2413: Accidents; reports

§ 2413. Accidents; reports. 1. The operator of any ATV involved in any

accident resulting in injuries to or death of any person or in which

property damage in the estimated amount of six hundred dollars or more

is sustained, shall immediately notify the nearest law enforcement

agency and shall within ten days after such accident report the matter

in writing to the department, with a copy thereof to the sheriff or

police commissioner of the county in which said accident occurred. If

such operator is physically incapable of making such report and there is

another participant in the accident not so incapacitated such

participant shall make the report within the allotted time after such

accident. In the event that there is no other participant and the

operator is other than the owner, then the owner shall within the

prescribed period of time, after learning of the facts of such accident,

report the matter to the department, together with such information as

may have come to his knowledge relating to such accident. Every such

operator of an ATV, or participant of any such accident, or the owner,

of the ATV involved in any such accident, shall make such other and

additional reports as the commissioner shall require.

2. Whenever any ATV meets with an accident involving a loss of life,

personal injury or damage to property and the operator thereof has

knowledge of such accident, he shall stop and give his name and address,

the name and address of the owner thereof and the registration number

assigned to said ATV to the injured person or the person sustaining the

damage, or to a peace or police officer. In the event the person

sustaining the damage is not present at the place where the damage

occurred, the operator shall, as soon as physically able, report the

same to the nearest law enforcement agency.

3. A peace, police, or judicial officer who investigates or receives

information of an accident involving an ATV shall make a written report

of the investigation or information received, and such additional facts

relating to the accident as may come to his knowledge and mail the same

within forty-eight hours to the department and keep a record thereof in

his office.

4. Failure of any person to report an accident as herein provided or

failure to give correctly the information required of him by the

commissioner in connection with such report shall be a misdemeanor and

shall constitute a ground for suspension or revocation of the ATV safety

certificate of any person or the certificate of registration of any ATV

involved in the accident. The commissioner may temporarily suspend the

ATV safety certificate of the person failing to make such report or the

certificate of registration of the ATV involved in the accident until

such report has been filed.