Wis. Admin. Code Department of Transportation § Trans 100.025 - Accident involvement
(1) A vehicle or person shall be considered
to have been involved in an accident if any of the following conditions are
met:
(a) The person is injured by an
accident .
(b) The person or the
vehicle's operator commits some act that contributes to cause an accident ,
regardless of physical contact.
(c)
The vehicle is damaged in an accident .
(d) The vehicle makes contact with any other
person or property and causes damage.
(e) The vehicle is damaged by a failure of a
mechanical or electrical system resulting in fire or accident when it is in use
primarily for moving persons or property, including the vehicle itself, from
one place to another and is in motion, or in readiness for motion, and is
unattended and not legally parked in a designated parking area.
(f) Property, parts or debris falls from the
vehicle and causes an accident .
(g)
A vehicle contacts or avoids debris or property on a roadway that has fallen
from another vehicle or is not ordinarily found in a roadway, and causes an
accident .
(h) The vehicle moves
without an operator controlling its movements and causes an accident .
(i) One or more doors or any part of the load
of a parked vehicle extends into an adjoining space intended for vehicular
travel and an accident occurs as a result of that extension.
Note: Accidents may be the result of "acts of God," or negligence or intentional acts. s. Trans 100.02(1).
(2) Except as provided in sub. (1)
(i), the operator of a vehicle shall be considered to not have been involved in
an accident if the vehicle was legally parked at the time of any damage to the
vehicle.
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