CODE OF VIRGINIA

USE OF CRASH REPORTS MADE BY INVESTIGATING OFFICERS (§ 46.2-379)

All crash reports made by investigating officers shall be for the confidential
use of the Department and of other state agencies for accident prevention
purposes and shall not be used as evidence in any trial, civil or criminal,
arising out of any accident. If otherwise authorized by law, the Department may
disclose from the reports, on request of any person, the date, time, and
location of the accident and the names and addresses of the drivers, the owners
of the vehicles involved, the injured persons, the witnesses, and one
investigating officer.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 46-409; 1952, c. 544; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-409; 1986, c.
639; 1989, c. 727; 2014, cc. 77, 803.