In the event of a traffic accident, the driver or other staff member of the vehicle or streetcar involved in the traffic accident (hereinafter referred to in this Section as a "driver, etc.") must immediately stop driving the vehicle or streetcar and take the necessary measures, such as aiding injured persons and preventing road hazards. In such a case, the driver of that vehicle or streetcar (or another staff member, if the death or injury of the driver compels it; the same applies hereinafter in the following paragraph) must report to the police officer, if a police officer is at the scene, or if no police officer is at the scene, immediately to a police officer at the nearest police station (including police booths and police satellite offices; the same applies hereinafter in the following paragraph), the date, time, and place at which the traffic accident occurred, the number of persons killed or injured in the traffic accident and the extent of the injuries of the injured persons, the objects damaged and the extent of the damage, the loads of the vehicles or streetcars involved in the traffic accident, and the measures taken in connection with the traffic accident (referred to as the "particulars of the traffic accident" in Article 75-23, paragraphs (1) and (3)).
交通事故があつたときは、当該交通事故に係る車両等の運転者その他の乗務員（以下この節において「運転者等」という。）は、直ちに車両等の運転を停止して、負傷者を救護し、道路における危険を防止する等必要な措置を講じなければならない。この場合において、当該車両等の運転者（運転者が死亡し、又は負傷したためやむを得ないときは、その他の乗務員。次項において同じ。）は、警察官が現場にいるときは当該警察官に、警察官が現場にいないときは直ちに最寄りの警察署（派出所又は駐在所を含む。同項において同じ。）の警察官に当該交通事故が発生した日時及び場所、当該交通事故における死傷者の数及び負傷者の負傷の程度並びに損壊した物及びその損壊の程度、当該交通事故に係る車両等の積載物並びに当該交通事故について講じた措置（第七十五条の二十三第一項及び第三項において「交通事故発生日時等」という。）を報告しなければならない。
On finding it to be necessary to do so in order to aid injured persons or prevent road hazards, a police officer at the nearest police station who receives a report pursuant to the second sentence of the preceding paragraph may order the driver giving the report not to leave the scene until a police officer arrives.
In a case as referred to in the preceding two paragraphs, a police officer at the scene may give necessary instructions to the driver or staff member of the vehicle or streetcar in order to aid injured persons, prevent road hazards, or otherwise ensure the safety and fluidity of traffic.
Notwithstanding paragraph (1), if it is necessary for a vehicle or streetcar to continue in operation, the driver of an emergency vehicle, a vehicle carrying injured persons, or a bus, trolleybus, or streetcar that is in operation at the time of the accident may have another staff member take the measures prescribed in the first sentence of paragraph (1) or report as prescribed in the second sentence of that paragraph so that the driver may continue driving the vehicle or streetcar.