Crash with injury — Texas Permit Test

A driver in a crash resulting in injury to or death of a person must immediately stop at the scene, or as close to it as possible, without obstructing traffic more than necessary.

Stopping is the whole offense of hit and run, and everything else follows from it. Blocking the road is not part of the duty.

If you are operating a motor vehicle involved in a crash resulting in injury to or death of a person, you must immediately stop your vehicle at the scene of the crash (or as close as possible to the scene of the crash) without obstructing traffic more than necessary

A driver must give their name and address, the registration number of the vehicle, and the name of their liability insurer to any person injured or attending a vehicle involved.

It is what the injured person needs to make a claim. Handing it over is a legal duty, not a courtesy.

with the following: 1. Provide your name and address, the registration number of the vehicle you were driving, and the name of your motor vehicle liability insurer to any person injured, or to the operator or occupant of, or person attending a vehicle involved in the collision 2.

A driver must provide reasonable assistance to anyone injured, including arranging transport to a physician or hospital if treatment is apparently necessary or the injured person asks for it.

It is not optional and it is not limited to calling. The duty is to help, within what a driver can do.

Provide any person injured in the crash reasonable assistance including, transporting or making arrangements for transporting the person to a physician or hospital for medical treatment, if it is apparent treatment is necessary, or if the injured person requests the transportation

Failure to stop at a crash resulting in the death of a person is a second degree felony punishable by a fine of up to $10,000 and 2 to 20 years in prison.

Leaving is punished about as heavily as causing it. That is the whole point of the rule.

Second degree felony punishable by a fine not to exceed $10,000 and imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) for 2 to 20 years

Failure to stop at a crash resulting in serious bodily injury is a third degree felony punishable by a fine of up to $10,000 and 2 to 10 years in prison.

Serious injury is a felony too, one step below death. Neither is a traffic ticket.

Third degree felony punishable by a fine not to exceed $10,000 and imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) for 2 to 10 years

What must a Texas driver do at once in a crash involving injury?

Stop at or as close as possible to the scene. Stopping is the whole offense of hit and run, and everything else follows from it. Blocking the road is not part of the duty. Texas Driver Handbook, p.59: “If you are operating a motor vehicle involved in a crash resulting in injury to or death of a person, you must immediately stop your vehicle at the scene of the crash (or as close as possible to the scene of the crash) without obstructing traffic more than necessary”