Highway Code Rule 286
If you are involved in a collision which causes damage or injury to any other person, vehicle, animal or property, you MUST
- stop
- give your own and the vehicle owner’s name and address, and the registration number of the vehicle, to anyone having reasonable grounds for requiring them
- if you do not give your name and address at the time of the collision, report it to the police as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any case within 24 hours.
Law
Section: Breakdowns and incidents (rules 274 to 287) Subsection: Documentation (rules 286 to 287)Highway Code Rule 287
If another person is injured and you do not produce your insurance certificate at the time of the crash to a police officer or to anyone having reasonable grounds to request it, you MUST
- report it to the police as soon as possible and in any case within 24 hours
- produce your insurance certificate for the police within seven days.