A collision can be between two or more vehicles, between a vehicle and a person, object or animal, or an event in which a person is injured or killed by a vehicle in motion.

If you are involved in a collision:

• Stop your vehicle immediately
• Check to see if anyone is injured. If someone is, you must:
• Get help. In Winnipeg, Brandon and most rural areas, dial 911. In other areas, contact your local police or the RCMP by dialing 0 and asking for the police.
• If anyone is seriously injured (meaning someone was hospitalized) or if a fatality occurs, you must report the collision to the police within seven days, if you don’t make a report to an officer at the scene.
• You must also report to police within seven days if the collision involves unlicensed drivers, unregistered or unidentified vehicles, failure to obtain particulars from the other party, or if you suspect the use of drugs or alcohol on the part of the other driver was a contributing factor in the collision.

You don’t have to report to the police if only property damage is sustained in a collision, no matter what the value of the damage.

• In the case of a collision without serious injury or damage, you should move the vehicles from a major thoroughfare as soon as possible in order to prevent further collisions.
• In all cases, as the driver, you must:
• Give your name and address to anyone whose vehicle or property is damaged.
• Indicate whether you have a valid driver’s licence or out-of-province driving permit and provide your licence or permit number and expiry date
• Indicate whether the vehicle being driven is validly registered and provide the licence number and expiry date.
• Give your vehicle insurance policy number and, if an out-of-province vehicle, the name of insurer.
• If you are not the vehicle owner, give the name and address of the registered owner and the number of that person’s vehicle insurance policy and name of insurer, if applicable, and if known.
• If you collide with and damage an unattended vehicle or other property, you must take reasonable steps to find and notify the owner of the unattended vehicle or property. If you are unable to exchange names and addresses or identify yourself personally with the driver of the other vehicle or the owner of the property at the collision scene, you must leave your name and address on the vehicle or property
• If you collide with a domestic (owned) animal, causing it injury or death, you (or a passenger if you are not able to do so) must report the collision to police if the animal is not removed from the road. If the animal has been removed from the road and the collision is not reported to police, you are required to report the collision to the animal owner, if known, and if not, to the clerk of the municipality in which the collision occurred.