ORS 811.720: When collision must be reported to Department of Transportation.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, and notwithstanding ORS 801.020 (9), any place a collision is caused by the motion of a vehicle or its load that results in injury or death to any person, the collision is subject to the reporting requirements under the following sections: (a) The reporting requirements for drivers under ORS 811.725. (b) The reporting requirements for occupants of vehicles in collisions under ORS 811.735. (c) The reporting requirements for owners of vehicles under ORS 811.730. (2) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, and notwithstanding ORS 801.020 (9), a collision caused by the motion of a vehicle or its load that occurs on any highway or premises open to the public, or any premises adjacent to a highway or premises open to the public, that results in damage to the property of any person in excess of $2,500, is subject to the reporting requirements under the following sections: (a) The driver of a vehicle that has more than $2,500 damage must report the collision in the manner specified under ORS 811.725. (b) The owner of a vehicle that has more than $2,500 damage must report the collision in the manner specified in ORS 811.730 and under the circumstances specified in ORS 811.730. (c) If the property damage is to property other than a vehicle involved in the collision, each driver involved in the collision must report the collision in the manner specified under ORS 811.725 and each owner of a vehicle involved in the collision must report the collision in the manner specified in ORS 811.730 and under the circumstances specified in ORS 811.730. (d) If a vehicle involved in the collision is damaged to the extent that the vehicle must be towed from the scene of the collision, each driver involved in the collision must report the collision in the manner specified under ORS 811.725 and each owner of a vehicle involved in the collision must report the collision in the manner specified in ORS 811.730 and under the circumstances specified in ORS 811.730. (3) The dollar amount specified in subsection (2) of this section may be increased every five years by the Department of Transportation based upon any increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, West Region (All Items), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor or its successor during the preceding 12-month period. The amount determined under this subsection shall be rounded to the nearest $100. (4) The following are exempt from the reporting requirements of this section: (a) Operators of snowmobiles, Class I all-terrain vehicles or Class III all-terrain vehicles. (b) A law enforcement official acting in the course of official duty if the collision involved a law enforcement official performing a lawful intervention technique or a law enforcement official and a person acting during the commission of a criminal offense. As used in this paragraph: (A) “Law enforcement official” means a person who is responsible for enforcing the criminal laws of this state or a political subdivision of this state and who is employed or volunteers: (i) As a peace officer commissioned by a city, university that has established a police department under ORS 352.121 or 353.125, port, school district, mass transit district, county or county service district authorized to provide law enforcement services under ORS 451.010; (ii) With the Department of State Police or the Criminal Justice Division of the Department of Justice; (iii) As an investigator of a district attorney’s office, if the investigator is certified as a peace officer in this state; or (iv) As an authorized tribal police officer as defined in ORS 181A.940. (B) “Lawful intervention technique” means a method by which one motor vehicle causes, or attempts to cause, another motor vehicle to stop. [1983 c.338 §576; 1987 c.258 §11; 1993 c.614 §1; 1997 c.279 §1; 2001 c.827 §7; 2003 c.531 §1; 2005 c.405 §1; 2011 c.506 §49; 2011 c.644 §§34,56; 2013 c.180 §§54,55; 2015 c.174 §24; 2017 c.189 §1; 2019 c.57 §36; 2024 c.63 §17]