N.Y. Veh. & Traf. Law § 603

§ 603. Accidents; police authorities and coroners to report. * 1.\nEvery police or judicial officer to whom an accident resulting in injury\nto a person shall have been reported, pursuant to the foregoing\nprovisions of this chapter, shall immediately investigate the facts, or\ncause the same to be investigated, and report the matter to the\ncommissioner forthwith; provided, however, that the report of the\naccident is made to the police officer or judicial officer within five\ndays after such accident. Every coroner, or other official performing\nlike functions, shall likewise make a report to the commissioner with\nrespect to all deaths found to have been the result of motor vehicle or\nmotorcycle accidents. Such report shall include information on the\nwidth and length of trucks, tractors, trailers and semitrailers, which\nare in excess of ninety-five inches in width or thirty-four feet in\nlength and which are involved in such accidents, whether such accident\ntook place in a work area and whether it was being operated with an\noverweight or overdimension permit. Such report shall distinctly\nindicate and include information as to whether the inflatable restraint\nsystem inflated and deployed. Nothing contained in this subdivision\nshall be deemed to preclude a police officer from reporting any other\naccident which, in the judgment of such police officer, would be\nrequired to be reported to the commissioner by the operator of a vehicle\npursuant to section six hundred five of this article.\n * NB Effective until July 11, 2025\n * 1. Every police or judicial officer to whom an accident resulting in\ninjury to a person shall have been reported, pursuant to the foregoing\nprovisions of this chapter or pursuant to the provisions of sections\ntwelve hundred forty or twelve hundred forty-one of this chapter\ninvolving a bicycle with electric assist or pursuant to the provisions\nof sections twelve hundred eighty-seven or twelve hundred eighty-eight\nof this chapter, shall immediately investigate the facts, or cause the\nsame to be investigated, and report the matter to the commissioner\nforthwith; provided, however, that the report of the accident is made to\nthe police officer or judicial officer within five days after such\naccident. Every coroner, or other official performing like functions,\nshall likewise make a report to the commissioner with respect to all\ndeaths found to have been the result of motor vehicle, motorcycle,\nelectric scooter, or bicycle with electric assist accidents. Such report\nshall include information regarding the type or types of vehicles\ninvolved, including passenger motor vehicles, commercial motor vehicles,\nmotorcycles, limited use motorcycles, off-highway motorcycles, electric\nscooters, bicycles with electric assist and/or bicycles. Such report\nshall include information on the width and length of trucks, tractors,\ntrailers and semitrailers, which are in excess of ninety-five inches in\nwidth or thirty-four feet in length and which are involved in such\naccidents, whether such accident took place in a work area and whether\nit was being operated with an overweight or overdimension permit. Such\nreport shall distinctly indicate and include information as to whether\nthe inflatable restraint system inflated and deployed. Nothing contained\nin this subdivision shall be deemed to preclude a police officer from\nreporting any other accident which, in the judgment of such police\nofficer, would be required to be reported to the commissioner by the\noperator of a vehicle pursuant to section six hundred five of this\narticle.\n * NB Effective July 11, 2025\n 2. In addition to the requirements of subdivision one of this section,\nevery police officer or judicial officer to whom an accident shall have\nbeen reported involving a commercial vehicle as defined in either\nsubdivision four of section five hundred one-a or subdivision one of\nsection five hundred nine-p of this chapter shall immediately\ninvestigate the facts, or cause the same to be investigated and report\nthe matter to the commissioner forthwith, provided that the report of\nthe accident is made to the police officer or judicial officer within\nfive days after such accident, whenever such accident has resulted in\n(i) a vehicle being towed from the accident scene as the result of\nincurring disabling damage, (ii) a fatality, or (iii) any individual\nbeing transported to a medical facility to receive treatment as the\nresult of physical injury sustained in the accident.\n