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.
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(Measures in the Event of a Traffic Accident)
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…
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。
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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…
前項後段の規定により報告を受けた最寄りの警察署の警察官は、負傷者を救護し、又は道路における危険を防止するため必要があると認めるときは、当該報告をした運転者に対し、警察官が現場に到着するまで現場を去つてはならない旨を命ずることができる。
Open this provisionMeasures in Case of a Traffic Accident in Specified Automated Operation
When, in specified automated operation (including the case where specified automated operation has ended on a road; the same applies in paragraphs (3) and (6) and Article 117, paragraph (3))…
特定自動運行（道路において当該特定自動運行が終了した場合を含む。第三項及び第六項並びに第百十七条第三項において同じ。）において特定自動運行用自動車（第七十五条の二十第一項第一号に規定する措置が講じられたものに限る。）に係る交通事故があつたときは、同号の規定により配置された特定自動運行主任者は…
Open this provisionMeasures in Case of a Traffic Accident in Specified Automated Operation
When, in specified automated operation, there is a traffic accident involving a motor vehicle for specified automated operation…
特定自動運行において特定自動運行用自動車（第七十五条の二十第一項第二号に規定する措置が講じられたものに限る。）に係る交通事故があつたときは、当該交通事故に係る特定自動運行用自動車に同号の規定により乗車させられた特定自動運行主任者その他の乗務員（第五項において「特定自動運行主任者等」という。）は、直ちに、負傷者を救護し…
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「道路」
A road as defined in the Road Act, a motor vehicle road (自動車道) as defined in the Road Transportation Act, and any other place used for general traffic.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies throughout the law
vehicle
「車両」
Motor vehicles (自動車), motorized bicycles (原動機付自転車), light road vehicles (軽車両) and trolleybuses (トロリーバス).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (viii)· applies throughout the law
trolleybus
「トロリーバス」
A vehicle that runs on electric power supplied from overhead wires and does not run on rails.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xii)· applies throughout the law
streetcar
「路面電車」
A vehicle that runs on rails.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xiii)· applies throughout the law
vehicle or streetcarmachine translation
「車両等」
A vehicle (車両) or a streetcar (路面電車).
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xvii)
drivingmachine translation
「運転」
Using a vehicle or streetcar on a road as it is meant to be used, including moving a motor vehicle or motorized bicycle by pedals or other human-powered gear it has besides its motor, but not specified automated operation (特定自動運行).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xvii)· applies throughout the law
drivermachine translation
「運転者」
The person driving a vehicle or streetcar (車両等).
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xviii)
bus
「乗合自動車」
In Article 27, a motor vehicle used either for scheduled route service (路線定期運行) — carrying shared-ride passengers on a set route on a set timetable — by a general shared-ride passenger motor vehicle transport operator (一般乗合旅客自動車運送事業者), or for a specified passenger motor vehicle transport business (特定旅客自動車運送事業), which carries a limited range of passengers to meet a particular party's demand, both as the Road Transportation Act defines them.
Short name set inArticle 27, paragraph (1)
emergency motor vehicle
「緊急自動車」
A fire engine, ambulance or other motor vehicle a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies, while it is being driven on emergency duties as a Cabinet Order provides.
Defined inArticle 39, paragraph (1)
traffic accidentmachine translation
「交通事故」
The death or injury of a person, or damage to property, caused by the traffic of a vehicle or streetcar (車両等).
Short name set inArticle 67, paragraph (2)
particulars of the traffic accidentmachine translation
「交通事故発生日時等」
What the driver must report to a police officer after a traffic accident: the date, time and place of the accident, the number of people killed or injured and how badly the injured are hurt, the property damaged and how badly, the loads of the vehicles involved, and the measures taken.
Short name set inArticle 72, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 75-23, paragraphs (1) and (3)
driver, etc.machine translation
「運転者等」
In Chapter IV, Section 2, on measures at a traffic accident, the driver and other staff members of a vehicle or streetcar involved in a traffic accident.
Short name set inArticle 72, paragraph (1)· applies only in this section