625 ILCS 5/ Illinois Vehicle Code.

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625 ILCS 5/11-408

(625 ILCS 5/11-408) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-408)

Sec. 11-408. Police to report motor vehicle crash investigations.

(a) Every law enforcement officer who investigates a motor vehicle crash 
for which a report is required by this Article or who prepares a written
report as a result of an investigation either at the time and scene of such
motor vehicle crash or thereafter by interviewing participants or
witnesses shall forward a written report of such motor vehicle crash 
to the Administrator on forms provided by the Administrator under Section
11-411 within 10 days after investigation of the motor
vehicle crash, or within such other time as is prescribed by the
Administrator.
Such written reports and the information contained in those reports required to be forwarded by law enforcement officers
 shall not be held confidential by the reporting law
enforcement officer or agency.  The Secretary of State may also disclose
notations of crash involvement maintained on individual driving records. However, the Administrator or the
Secretary of State may require a supplemental written report from the
reporting law enforcement officer.

(b) The Department at its discretion may require a supplemental written
report from the reporting law enforcement officer on a form supplied by the
Department to be submitted directly to the Department.  Such supplemental
report may be used only for crash studies and statistical or analytical
purposes under Section 11-412 or 11-414 of this Code.

(c) The Department at its discretion may provide for in-depth
investigations of crashes involving Department employees or other motor vehicle crashes by individuals or
special investigation groups, including but not limited to police officers,
photographers,
engineers, doctors, mechanics, and as a result of the investigation may
require the submission of written reports, photographs, charts, sketches,
graphs, or a combination of all.  Such individual written reports,
photographs, charts, sketches, or graphs may be used only for crash 
studies and statistical or analytical purposes under Section 11-412 or 11-414 of this Code.

(d) On and after July 1, 1997, law enforcement officers who have reason to
suspect that the motor
vehicle crash was the result of a driver's loss of consciousness due to a
medical condition, as defined by the Driver's License Medical Review Law of
1992, or the result of any medical condition that impaired the
driver's ability to safely operate a motor vehicle shall notify the Secretary
of
this determination.  The Secretary, in conjunction with the Driver's License
Medical Advisory Board, shall determine by administrative rule the temporary
conditions not required to be reported under the provisions of this Section.
The
Secretary shall, in conjunction with the Illinois State Police and
representatives of local and county law enforcement agencies, promulgate any
rules necessary and develop the procedures and documents that may be required
to
obtain written, electronic, or other agreed upon methods of notification to
implement the provisions of this Section.

(e) Law enforcement officers reporting under the provisions of subsection
(d) of this Section shall enjoy the same immunities granted members of the
Driver's License Medical Advisory Board under Section 6-910 of this Code.

(f) All information furnished to the Secretary under subsection (d) of this
Section shall be deemed confidential and for the privileged use of the
Secretary in accordance with the provisions of subsection (j) of Section 2-123
of this Code.

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

625 ILCS 5/11-409

(625 ILCS 5/11-409) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-409)

Sec. 11-409. False motor vehicle crash reports or notices.

Any
person who provides information in an oral or written report required by
this Code with knowledge or reason to believe that such
information is false shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.

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

625 ILCS 5/11-410

(625 ILCS 5/11-410)

Sec. 11-410. (Repealed).

(Source: P.A. 83-831. Repealed by P.A. 102-560, eff. 8-20-21.)

625 ILCS 5/11-411

(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

(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

(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

(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.)