Failure to Remain at Accident Scene

 We are here to provide you an exceptional professional legal services to ensure your ticket is withdrawn. If this is not possible, we can fight to reduce the fines you have to pay. Failure to remain at the scene of accident is a serious traffic infraction in Ontario. When accidents happen, all parties are expected to remain at the scene of the accident. This is important since some of the injured may need assistance.

The seriousness is also from the fact that if no one is available to provide assistance to the one in need, an accident that did not have to be fatal could end up resulting in fatality. Besides, once police come to the accident scene, they need to get enough information to ascertain the causes of the accident. Having the two parties around provides crucial element in the quest to find what led to that accident. The Highway Traffic Act, section 200(1) provides that:

200 (1) Where an accident occurs on a highway, every person in charge of a vehicle or street car that is directly or indirectly involved in the accident shall,

(a) remain at or immediately return to the scene of the accident;

(b) render all possible assistance; and

(c) upon request, give in writing to anyone sustaining loss or injury or to any police officer or to any witness his or her name, address, driver’s licence number and jurisdiction of issuance, motor vehicle liability insurance policy insurer and policy number, name and address of the registered owner of the vehicle and the vehicle permit number.  R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 200 (1); 1997, c. 12, s. 16.

For these reasons, failure to remain at the scene of an accident which you are involved is a serious offence punishable by law. The penalty for failure to remain at the scene of an accident is found in Subsection 2 of section 200 of the Highway Traffic Act.

Penalties upon conviction
  1. A fine between $400.00 and $2,000.00
  2. Imprisonment of up to six months in jail or in addition to fine
  3. Possible suspension of license for up to 2 years
  4. 7 demerit points

Additionally, the failing to remain at the scene of accident convictions will remain on your records for three years with ramification of increasing your insurance premiums and threatening your chances to get insurance coverage.

What we do

We have the requisite skill, knowledge and the expertise to get your ticket withdrawn.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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