625 ILCS 5/ Illinois Vehicle Code.

(625 ILCS 5/11-411) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-411)

Sec. 11-411. Crash report forms.

(a) The Administrator must prepare and upon request supply to police departments, sheriffs and other appropriate agencies or individuals, forms for written crash reports as required hereunder, suitable with respect to the persons required to make such reports and the purposes to be served. The written reports must call for sufficiently detailed information to disclose with reference to a vehicle crash the cause, conditions then existing, and the persons and vehicles involved or any other data concerning such crash that may be required for a complete analysis of all related circumstances and events leading to the crash or subsequent to the occurrence.

(b) Every crash report required to be made in writing must be made on an approved form or in an approved electronic format provided by the Administrator and must contain all the information required therein unless that information is not available. The Department shall adopt any rules necessary to implement this subsection (b).

(c) Should special crash studies be required by the Administrator, the Administrator may provide the supplemental forms for the special studies.

(Source: P.A. 102-982, eff. 7-1-23.)

(625 ILCS 5/11-412) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-412)

Sec. 11-412. Motor vehicle crash reports confidential.

(a) All required written motor vehicle crash reports and supplemental reports shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting and shall be for the confidential use of the Department and the Secretary of State and, in the case of second division vehicles operated under certificate of convenience and necessity issued by the Illinois Commerce Commission, of the Commission, except that the Administrator or the Secretary of State or the Commission may disclose the identity of a person involved in a motor vehicle crash when such identity is not otherwise known or when such person denies his presence at such motor vehicle crash and the Department shall disclose the identity of the insurance carrier, if any, upon demand. The Secretary of State may also disclose notations of crash involvement maintained on individual driving records.

(b) Upon written request, the Department shall furnish copies of its written crash reports or any supplemental reports to federal, State, and local agencies that are engaged in highway safety research and studies and to any person or entity that has a contractual agreement with the Department or a federal, State, or local agency to complete a highway safety research and study for the Department or the federal, State, or local agency. Reports furnished to any agency, person, or entity other than the Secretary of State or the Illinois Commerce Commission may be used only for statistical or analytical purposes and shall be held confidential by that agency, person, or entity. These reports shall be exempt from inspection and copying under the Freedom of Information Act and shall not be used as evidence in any trial, civil or criminal, arising out of a motor vehicle crash, except that the Administrator shall furnish upon demand of any person who has, or claims to have, made such a written or supplemental report, or upon demand of any court, a certificate showing that a specified written crash report or supplemental report has or has not been made to the Administrator solely to prove a compliance or a failure to comply with the requirement that such a written or supplemental report be made to the Administrator.

(c) Upon written request, the Department shall furnish motor vehicle crash data to a federal, State, or local agency, the Secretary of State, the Illinois Commerce Commission, or any other person or entity under Section 11-417 of this Code.

(d) The Department at its discretion may provide for in-depth investigations of crashes involving Department employees or other motor vehicle crashes. A written report describing the preventability of such a crash may be prepared to enhance the safety of Department employees or the traveling public. Such reports and the information contained in those reports and any opinions expressed in the review of the crash as to the preventability of the crash shall be for the privileged use of the Department and held confidential and shall not be obtainable or used in any civil or criminal proceeding.

(Source: P.A. 102-982, eff. 7-1-23.)

(625 ILCS 5/11-413) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-413)

Sec. 11-413. Coroners to report. All coroners shall on or before the 10th day of each month report in writing to the Administrator the death of any person within their respective jurisdiction, during the preceding calendar month, as the result of a traffic crash giving the time and place of the crash and the circumstances relating thereto.

(Source: P.A. 102-982, eff. 7-1-23.)

(625 ILCS 5/11-414) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-414)

Sec. 11-414. Department to tabulate and analyze motor vehicle crash reports. The Department shall tabulate and may analyze all written motor vehicle crash reports received in compliance with this Code and shall publish annually or at more frequent intervals motor vehicle crash data. The Department:

1. (blank);

2. shall, upon written request, make available to the public motor vehicle crash data that shall be distributed under Sections 11-412 and 11-417 of this Code;

3. may conduct special investigations of motor vehicle crashes and may solicit supplementary reports from drivers, owners, police departments, sheriffs, coroners, or any other individual. Failure of any individual to submit a supplementary report subjects such individual to the same penalties for failure to report as designated under Section 11-406.

(Source: P.A. 102-982, eff. 7-1-23.)

(625 ILCS 5/11-415) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-415)

Sec. 11-415. Municipalities may require traffic crash reports. Municipalities may by ordinance require that the driver or owner of a vehicle involved in a traffic crash file with the designated municipal office a written report of such crash. All such reports shall be for the confidential use of the municipal office and subject to the provisions of Section 11-412.

(Source: P.A. 102-982, eff. 7-1-23.)

(625 ILCS 5/11-416) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-416)

Sec. 11-416. Furnishing copies - Fees. The Illinois State Police may furnish copies of an Illinois State Police Traffic Crash Report that has been investigated by the Illinois State Police and shall be paid a fee of $5 for each such copy, or in the case of a crash which was investigated by a crash reconstruction officer or crash reconstruction team, a fee of $20 shall be paid. These fees shall be deposited into the State Police Services Fund.

Other State law enforcement agencies or law enforcement agencies of local authorities may furnish copies of traffic crash reports prepared by such agencies and may receive a fee not to exceed $5 for each copy or in the case of a crash which was investigated by a crash reconstruction officer or crash reconstruction team, the State or local law enforcement agency may receive a fee not to exceed $20.

Any written crash report required or requested to be furnished the Administrator shall be provided without cost or fee charges authorized under this Section or any other provision of law.

(Source: P.A. 101-571, eff. 8-23-19; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-982, eff. 7-1-23.)

(625 ILCS 5/11-417)

Sec. 11-417. Motor vehicle crash report and motor vehicle crash data.

(a) Upon written request and payment of the required fee, the Department shall make available to the public motor vehicle crash data received in compliance with this Code. The Department shall adopt any rules necessary to establish a fee schedule for motor vehicle crash data made available under Section 11-414 of this Code.

(b) The Department shall provide copies of a written motor vehicle crash report or motor vehicle crash data without any cost or fees authorized under any provision of law to a federal, State, or local agency, the Secretary of State, the Illinois Commerce Commission, or any other person or entity that has a contractual agreement with the Department or a federal, State, or local agency to complete a highway safety research and study for the Department or the federal, State, or local agency.

(c) All fees collected under this Section shall be placed in the Road Fund to be used, subject to appropriation, for the costs associated with motor vehicle crash records and motor vehicle crash data.

(Source: P.A. 102-982, eff. 7-1-23.)

(625 ILCS 5/Ch. 11 Art. V heading) ARTICLE V. DRIVING WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE, TRANSPORTING ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR, AND RECKLESS DRIVING (Source: P.A. 99-78, eff. 7-20-15.)

(625 ILCS 5/11-500) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-500)

Sec. 11-500. Definitions. For the purposes of interpreting Sections 6-206.1 and 6-208.1 of this Code, "first offender" shall mean any person who has not had a previous conviction or court assigned supervision for violating Section 11-501, or a similar provision of a local ordinance, or a conviction in any other state for a violation of driving while under the influence or a similar offense where the cause of action is the same or substantially similar to this Code or similar offenses committed on a military installation, or any person who has not had a driver's license suspension pursuant to paragraph 6 of subsection (a) of Section 6-206 as the result of refusal of chemical testing in another state, or any person who has not had a driver's license suspension or revocation for violating Section 11-501.1 within 5 years prior to the date of the current offense, except in cases where the driver submitted to chemical testing resulting in an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more, or any amount of a drug, substance, or compound in such person's blood, other bodily substance, or urine resulting from the unlawful use or consumption of cannabis listed in the Cannabis Control Act, a controlled substance listed in the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or an intoxicating compound listed in the Use of Intoxicating Compounds Act, or methamphetamine as listed in the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act and was subsequently found not guilty of violating Section 11-501, or a similar provision of a local ordinance.

(Source: P.A. 99-697, eff. 7-29-16.)

(625 ILCS 5/11-500.1)

Sec. 11-500.1. Immunity.

(a) A person authorized under this Article to withdraw blood or collect urine or other bodily substance shall not be civilly liable for damages when the person, in good faith, withdraws blood or collects urine or other bodily substance for evidentiary purposes under this Code, upon the request of a law enforcement officer, unless the act is performed in a willful and wanton manner.

(b) As used in this Section, "willful and wanton manner" means a course of action that shows an actual or deliberate intention to cause harm or which, if not intentional, shows an utter indifference to or conscious disregard for the health or safety of another.

(Source: P.A. 99-697, eff. 7-29-16.)