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Article 117

第百十七条

If a person dies or is injured by a moving vehicle or streetcar (other than a light road vehicle; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) and the driver of that vehicle or streetcar violates the first sentence of Article 72 (Measures in the Event of a Traffic Accident), paragraph (1), the driver is subject to imprisonment for not more than five years or a fine of not more than 500,000 yen.

車両等(軽車両を除く。以下この項において同じ。)の運転者が、当該車両等の交通による人の死傷があつた場合において、第七十二条(交通事故の場合の措置)第一項前段の規定に違反したときは、五年以下の拘禁刑又は五十万円以下の罰金に処する。

In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the death or injury of a person as referred to in that paragraph is attributable to the driver's driving, the driver is subject to imprisonment for not more than 10 years or a fine of not more than one million yen.

前項の場合において、同項の人の死傷が当該運転者の運転に起因するものであるときは、十年以下の拘禁刑又は百万円以下の罰金に処する。

If, in specified automated operation, a person dies or is injured by a moving motor vehicle for specified automated operation and there is a violation of the first sentence of Article 75-23 (Measures in Case of a Traffic Accident in Specified Automated Operation), paragraph (1) or the first sentence of paragraph (3) of that Article (limited to a violation by a specified automated operation supervisor), the person who committed that violation is subject to imprisonment for not more than five years or a fine of not more than 500,000 yen.

特定自動運行において特定自動運行用自動車の交通による人の死傷があつた場合において、第七十五条の二十三(特定自動運行において交通事故があつた場合の措置)第一項前段又は第三項前段の規定に違反したとき(特定自動運行主任者が違反した場合に限る。)は、当該違反行為をした者は、五年以下の拘禁刑又は五十万円以下の罰金に処する。

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