Walk It Through: The Fender Bender at the Light
A bump at an intersection, cars in the way, names and insurance, and a scraped car in the lot with no one around.
A car is rear ended at a light. No one seems hurt, both cars still run, and traffic is backing up.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
Minor crashes with damage and no injury. A crash that hurts someone, which has to be reported at once and is a felony to leave, is on the crash page.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.