{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-50-1731.07","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 50-1731.07","heading":"Police officer’s report.","body":"(a)\nWhenever the Metropolitan Police Department (“MPD”) makes a written report on an accident involving a motor vehicle, the report shall include the following information:\n(1)\nWhether a mobile telephone or other electronic device was present in the motor vehicle;\n(2)\nWhether the use of a mobile telephone or other electronic device by a motor vehicle operator may have contributed to the cause of the accident; and\n(3)\nWhether any other distraction may have contributed to the cause of the accident.\n\n(b)\nThe MPD shall provide a copy of each accident report to the District Department of Transportation.","path":["Title 50. Motor and Non-Motor Vehicles and Traffic.","Chapter 17A. Distracted Driving Prevention."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/50-1731.07","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"a522fcd3b0ab62247fdd6371248580742da3f428f57714d5d03d454628afb754","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-50-1731.06","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-50-1731.08"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}