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Responsibilities of Drivers When Involved in Car Accidents in Tennessee

By Baker Associates

From time to time, I am asked what a person is legally supposed to do if he or she is involved in a Tennessee motor vehicle accident that results in injury. TCA 55-10-101 spells out a driver?s legal duties when involved in such accidents and imposes serious penalties on those who fail to comply. The driver?s initial duty under the law is to immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the accident. The law instructs that the vehicle should be stopped in a place that does not obstruct traffic anymore than is necessary. The driver is also required to provide certain information to law enforcement personnel and to other drivers who were involved in the accident. The driver must provide the officer with his or her name, address and registration number of the vehicle driven...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on August 25, 2009 (boomark / email).