When a Crash Has to Be Reported
625 ILCS 5/11-407 — notice by the fastest means for an injury, a death, or damage over $1,500
Where no officer is present, the driver of a vehicle in a crash gives notice by the fastest available means to the local police in a city, or otherwise to the county sheriff or the Illinois State Police, when the crash does any of these.
Who handles this in Illinois: Illinois State Bar Association, Illinois Lawyer Finder; and legal aid programs and the state offices, listed in the Illinois directory.
- Results in injury to or death of any person.
- Damages anyone's property, including the driver's, by more than $1,500, or $500 where a vehicle involved is required to carry liability insurance and does not.
- Involves a school bus and causes any damage, injury or death, or happens within 50 feet of a school bus and injures someone boarding or leaving it.
Sources for this section (1)
- 625 ILCS 5/11-407 — Immediate notice of crash
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Illinois attorney.