Failure to stop at a crash — Arizona Permit Test

A driver involved in a crash with damage to a vehicle, injury or death is required by law to stop and remain at the scene.

A driver who flees may leave someone dying on the road. Staying is what lets help and the facts reach the scene.

If you are a driver involved in a crash where there is damage to a vehicle, injury or death, you are required by law to stop your vehicle and remain at the scene of the crash:

A driver who stops at a crash must provide aid to any injured person, including calling 911 for medical treatment.

The first minutes after a crash can decide whether a hurt person lives. You may be the only one there to call.

Provide aid to any injured person, including making arrangements for medical treatment by calling 911.

A driver who stops at a crash must provide a name, address and license plate number to emergency providers and law enforcement.

Those details let police and medics follow up. Without them the crash has no one to answer for it.

Provide your name, address and license plate number to emergency providers and law enforcement.

A conviction for failing to stop at a crash involving only vehicle damage suspends the driving privilege for 1 year.

Even a fender bender is not yours to drive away from. The other driver is left to pay for your damage.

Suspended for 1 year if involving only damage to a vehicle.

A conviction for failing to stop at a crash involving injury other than death or serious physical injury revokes the driving privilege for 3 years.

Leaving a hurt person is much worse than leaving a dented car, so the license is gone, not just suspended.

Revoked for 3 years if involving injury other than death or serious physical injury.

A conviction for failing to stop at a crash involving serious physical injury revokes the driving privilege for 5 years, not counting time in jail or prison.

Time behind bars does not count toward it, so the driver cannot serve the loss of license while locked up.

Revoked for 5 years, not including the time you are incarcerated, if involving a serious physical injury.

A conviction for failing to stop at a crash involving a death revokes the driving privilege for 10 years, not counting time in jail or prison.

Driving away from a crash that killed someone is among the worst things a driver can do, and the loss of license matches it.

Revoked for 10 years, not including the time you are incarcerated, if involving a death.

When is a driver involved in a crash required by law to stop and stay at the scene?

When there is damage, injury or death. A driver who flees may leave someone dying on the road. Staying is what lets help and the facts reach the scene. Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide, p.72: “If you are a driver involved in a crash where there is damage to a vehicle, injury or death, you are required by law to stop your vehicle and remain at the scene of the crash:”