(a) Form and content.--The department shall prepare and upon request supply to all law enforcement agencies and other appropriate agencies or individuals, forms for written accident reports as required in this subchapter suitable with respect to the persons required to make the reports and the purposes to be served. The written report forms shall call for sufficiently detailed information to disclose with reference to a vehicle accident the cause, conditions then existing and the persons and vehicles involved, including separate information or data on autocycles. Reports for use by the drivers and owners shall also provide for information relating to financial responsibility.
(b) Use.--Every accident report required to be made in writing shall be made on the appropriate form approved by the department and shall contain all the information required therein unless not available.
(May 25, 2016, P.L.248, No.34, eff. Jan. 1, 2018)
2016 Amendment. Act 34 amended subsec. (a).
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