A 3-minute lesson from the Delaware course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
If you're involved in a crash, you must stop. What comes next—protecting the scene, helping the injured, exchanging information and reporting to police—is set by Delaware law.
Know the rule
If you aren't involved, don't stop unless emergency help hasn't arrived yet. Never drive to a crash, fire or disaster scene just to look—you may block rescue vehicles.
If you are involved, you must stop. Leaving the scene of a crash involving injury or death before police have talked to you and gotten the information they need is a crime.
Get the names and addresses of everyone involved and any witnesses. If you hit a parked vehicle and can't find the owner, leave a note where it can be seen with how to reach you and the date and time of the crash.
You back into a parked car in a lot and the owner is nowhere around. Stop, try to find the owner, and if you can't, leave a note where it will be seen with your name, how to reach you, and the date and time.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
A crash on a public highway must be reported to police if the property damage is at least
$500
$100
$1,000
$2,500
Answer: $500
A crash on a public highway resulting in property damage of $500 or more must be reported to police.
If you are involved in a crash with an unattended parked vehicle and cannot find the owner, you should
drive away, since no one witnessed it
wait at the scene for up to 24 hours
leave a note with your information and the crash details
call only your insurance company and leave
Answer: leave a note with your information and the crash details
If you cannot locate the owner of a parked vehicle you hit, leave a note where it can be seen with your contact information and the crash date and time.