Singapore legislation
Section 23
Section 23
Duty of driver of vehicle if accident occurs
(1)
If owing to the presence of a vehicle on a public path an accident occurs whereby any individual is injured or any property (including any animal) is damaged or destroyed, the driver of the vehicle must comply as far as the circumstances permit with the following requirements: (a)must immediately stop the vehicle; (b)must immediately render such assistance as he or she can; (c)must at the scene of the accident as soon as possible give his or her name and residential address, whether he or she is covered by third‑party liability insurance for driving or riding on public paths and the name of the insurer, and also the name and address of the owner of the vehicle —
to any person who has been injured or to the owner of any property that has been damaged or destroyed; or
to a person representing the injured person or the owner of the property;
must at the scene of the accident as soon as possible give those names and addresses to any police officer, authorised officer or public path warden who is present;
if any person is injured and no police officer, authorised officer and public path warden are present at the scene of the accident, must as soon as possible report in person full particulars of the accident at the police station that is most accessible from the scene of the accident;
if any property is damaged or destroyed and none of the following are present at the scene of the accident:
the owner of the property nor any person representing the owner;
any police officer, authorised officer or public path warden,must as soon as possible report in person full particulars of the accident at the police station that is most accessible from the scene of the accident.
(2)
If a vehicle, which has been left standing on a public path, moves of its own accord from the position in which it was left and is involved in an accident whereby any person is injured or any property (including any animal) is damaged or destroyed, the person who left the vehicle so standing must, as soon as possible after becoming aware of the accident, comply as far as the circumstances permit with the requirements of subsection (1).
(3)
If —
as a result of an accident involving a vehicle on a public path an individual is killed or suffers injury; (b)the driver of the vehicle knows or ought reasonably to have known that the accident had occurred and had resulted in an individual being killed or suffering injury; and
the driver of the vehicle does not comply with the requirements of subsection (1)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) in relation to the accident,the driver shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $3,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both but, in the case where the driver is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.