Failure to Report Accident Ticket
Failure to report an accident has serious consequences. As such, we advice that you seek legal advice as soon as possible to discuss the best approach to either get the ticket withdrawn or drastically reduce the fines.At Oppong Wiafe Legal Firm, we have the requisite skill, knowledge and the expertise to get your ticket withdrawn. If this is not achievable due to the nature of your case after our evaluation and assessment, we will fight to get the fines and other penalties reduced.
Section 199(1) of the Highway Traffic Act requires all drivers and occupants alike to report any accident that has a property damage of $2,000.00. However, whether there was a property damage caused by the accident or not, once someone was injured in the accident, the driver of the vehicle has the responsibility to report the accident. Another factor that requires a driver to report an accident is whether there was a damage to Highway property.
It must be emphasized that, if the driver of the vehicle is not capable of reporting the accident for some reason, the responsibility comes down to the occupants of the vehicle to report the accident to the police at the nearest police station or by contacting the nearest police officer to report the accident.
The $2,000.00 limit replaced the $1,000.00 minimum accident reporting requirement that had been in effect since 1998 when the accident reporting requirement was raised from $700.00. The new regulation came into effect on September 1, 2015.
Therefore, according to the new regulation, there is no requirement to report an accident that has a property damage of less than $2000.00 if there was no injury involved or any damage to Highway property.
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We have the requisite skill, knowledge and the expertise to get your ticket withdrawn. If this is not achievable due to the nature of your case after our evaluation and assessment, we will fight to get the fines and other penalties reduced
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