Duty to stop after crash — South Dakota Permit Test
Duty to stop after crash on the South Dakota permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
If you are involved in an accident, you must stop.
A driver who keeps going leaves hurt people without help and breaks the law at the same time.
If you are involved in an accident, you must stop.
If you are involved in an accident with a parked vehicle, you must try to locate the owner; if you cannot, leave a note where it can be seen with how the owner can reach you and the date and time of the accident.
An owner who finds a dented car with no note pays for the repair alone and never learns who did it.
If you are involved in an accident with a parked vehicle, you must try to locate the owner.
If any person is injured or killed in an accident, the police must be notified.
Hurt people need an ambulance, and the police are the ones who send help and record what happened.
If any person is injured or killed, the police must be notified.
It is a crime to leave a crash site where your vehicle was involved if there is an injury or death before police have talked to you and gotten the information they need.
A driver who leaves before police arrive is treated as fleeing, and the hurt person may not be found in time.
It is a crime for you to leave a crash site where your vehicle was involved if there is an injury or death before police have talked to you and gotten all the information they need about the crash.
On the test
What must you do if you are involved in an accident?
Stop at the scene of the accident. A driver who keeps going leaves hurt people without help and breaks the law at the same time. South Dakota Driver License Manual, p.59: “If you are involved in an accident, you must stop.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against South Dakota Driver License Manual, published by the South Dakota Department of Public Safety, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SD.pdf (South Dakota Driver License Manual, Revised 11/2024, South Dakota Department of Public Safety, retrieved 2026-09-14 and re-checked 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SD.pages.txt (pdftotext -layout, the fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SD-exam.html (South Dakota Department of Public Safety, South Dakota Driver License Testing Information, KB0043731, read 2026-10-04; states the 80% rate; sha256 pinned under examSource)
- https://www.sd.gov/dps?id=cs_kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0043733 (read 2026-10-04; links the manual)