# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第七十二条 (Article 72) - Law: 道路交通法 (Road Traffic Act), 昭和三十五年法律第百五号 - English title "Road Traffic Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第七十二条 (Article 72)（交通事故の場合の措置） — address `art-72` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-72 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-72 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七十二条（交通事故の場合の措置） — (Measures in the Event of a Traffic Accident) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-72 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-72 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-72 **第一項** 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。 art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-72/par-1 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)). machine translation, not official **第二項** 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。 art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-72/par-2 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. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前二項の場合において、現場にある警察官は、当該車両等の運転者等に対し、負傷者を救護し、又は道路における危険を防止し、その他交通の安全と円滑を図るため必要な指示をすることができる。 art-72/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-72/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-72/par-3 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. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 緊急自動車若しくは傷病者を運搬中の車両又は乗合自動車、トロリーバス若しくは路面電車で当該業務に従事中のものの運転者は、当該業務のため引き続き当該車両等を運転する必要があるときは、第一項の規定にかかわらず、その他の乗務員に第一項前段に規定する措置を講じさせ、又は同項後段に規定する報告をさせて、当該車両等の運転を継続することができる。 art-72/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-72/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-72/par-4 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. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-72/par-1: 次項 → 道路交通法 第七十二条第二項 (Article 72, paragraph (2)), art-72/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-72/par-2 - art-72/par-1: 第七十五条の二十三第一項 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の二十三第一項 (Article 75-23, paragraph (1)), art-75-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-23/par-1 - art-72/par-1: 第三項 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の二十三第三項 (Article 75-23, paragraph (3)), art-75-23/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-23/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-23/par-3 - art-72/par-2: 前項 → 道路交通法 第七十二条第一項 (Article 72, paragraph (1)), art-72/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-72/par-1 - art-72/par-3: 前二項 → 道路交通法 第七十二条第一項 (Article 72, paragraph (1)), art-72/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-72/par-1 - art-72/par-3: 前二項 → 道路交通法 第七十二条第二項 (Article 72, paragraph (2)), art-72/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-72/par-2 - art-72/par-4: 第一項 → 道路交通法 第七十二条第一項 (Article 72, paragraph (1)), art-72/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-72/par-1 ## Cited by 11 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第七十二条第一項（交通事故の場合の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-72/par-1 - 道路交通法 第七十二条第二項（交通事故の場合の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-72/par-2 - 道路交通法 第七十二条第三項（交通事故の場合の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-72/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-72/par-3 - 道路交通法 第七十二条第四項（交通事故の場合の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-72/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-72/par-4 - 道路交通法 第七十二条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-72-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-72-2/par-1 - 道路交通法 第七十三条第一項（妨害の禁止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-73/par-1 - 道路交通法 第七十五条の二十三第六項（特定自動運行において交通事故があつた場合の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-23/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-23/par-6 - 道路交通法 第百十七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117/par-1 - 道路交通法 第百十七条の五第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-117-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-117-5/par-1/item-1 - 道路交通法 第百十九条第一項第十七号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-119/par-1/item-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-119/par-1/item-17 - 道路交通法 第百二十条第一項第十一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-120/par-1/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-120/par-1/item-11 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 道路交通法 — the text in force from 2026-07-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/335AC0000000105/20260721_508AC0000000052), retrieved 2026-10-13 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Road Traffic Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2962/tb), retrieved 2026-10-13 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch road-traffic-act-20261013T074321-005, translated 2026-10-13 - This site's parser, version 190 — 道路交通法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13