The legislation of the Russian Federation defines several degrees of responsibility for taking part in a traffic accident. Civil liability arises in the event that there is a need to compensate for the damage to persons who suffered during the accident. Administrative responsibility arises if no one was injured during a road accident, but the perpetrator still needs to be punished. The perpetrator can be held criminally liable if people are injured and even there are victims. Among other things, you will have to pay a fine for an accident. Consider this issue in more detail, since there are many nuances that every driver should pay attention to.
The consequences of an accident
A traffic accident is characterized by a collision of two cars or several vehicles, as a result of which citizens may suffer. Even if the collision is insignificant, it is unlikely to avoid damage to the machine.
It is important to navigate and first of all check that there are no casualties. If no one was hurt, then you can act like this:
- Most often, car owners try not to attract traffic police officers, this makes it possible for the victims to identify the culprit and understand each other on the spot.
- When the traffic police arrives at the scene of an accident, then they analyze each violation found, a protocol is drawn up and a further decision will be made in court, and they will determine who will be assigned the fine for the traffic police according to the law.
- There are drivers who have issued an insurance policy, so an insurance company will pay for property damage.
As soon as all the circumstances of the accident are established, there may be additional grounds for prosecution. For example, traffic police can detect the fact of alcohol intoxication, in which case car owners can be sent for examination.
Administrative punishment
Any incident that occurs due to non-observance of traffic rules by drivers is necessarily punishable. Consider what penalty for an accident can threaten the culprit and in what cases he is appointed. The punishment can be different, sometimes it is a deprivation of rights for three years, in some particularly difficult cases a 15-day arrest is applied. Traffic police will write a fine, in 2019 it depends on the type of violation:
- If the traffic rules on the road were violated, which created a situation of an accident, they can be fined a thousand rubles.
- A more serious punishment threatens to leave the accident scene, the fine in this case is not the worst that could threaten the driver, most likely, he will be deprived of his driver’s license for six months, and they can also be arrested for 15 days.
- When it is determined that the culprit of a traffic accident was under the influence of alcohol or drugs, the fine will be 30,000 rubles plus deprivation of rights for two years.
- In all severity, a repeated violation is also punished, in this case, a monetary penalty will be 50,000 rubles, and the perpetrator will lose his rights for three years.
It is worth noting that administrative fines are imposed when no one was seriously injured during an accident.
Civil responsibility
For guilt in an accident may result in civil liability. If a citizen was damaged to some extent, then the following types of monetary sanctions may apply:
- If the vehicle was damaged, you will have to pay material damage.
- Sometimes it is required to fully compensate for moral damage, for example, the victim received a strong fear.
- If, due to an accident, a person did not manage to get to work and lost his earnings, then the culprit of the accident will pay him a working day.
Most often, all civil issues are resolved on the spot, both sides find a common language and do not waste their time in long trials.
When criminal liability comes
Criminal liability may occur when people were injured during an accident. In this case, all issues related to the accident are resolved in court, where the perpetrators are sentenced. According to the legislation of the Russian Federation, the offender can be punished as follows:
- The culprit may be limited in freedom for three years.
- Sometimes the offender is involved in forced labor for five years.
- Instead of a fine, the culprit is deprived of his rights for life.
- If a person died during the accident, then the guilty person faces imprisonment for nine years.
As a rule, the offender can suffer three types of punishment at once, for example, pay a fine for road traffic police, pay monetary compensation to the injured person, and also lose their rights.
What is not considered an accident
There are cases when an accident is not classified as an accident:
- If the accident occurred with the participation of self-propelled vehicles, which has the right to move on the road.
- Accident that happened during the movement of the vehicle through no fault of the driver, such as an explosion of gas in a cylinder, is not considered an accident.
- When as a result of a transport accident no damage was caused to either transport or citizens, this is not considered an accident, the traffic police fines in this case for violation of traffic rules still remain.
It must be remembered that the punishment for an accident is determined by the rules that were violated by drivers.
Penalties for perpetrators of traffic accidents
The monetary penalty will depend on the severity of the incident, it can vary from 500 rubles to 30,000. Consider the violations that are most often encountered and how they are punished:
- A driver who was intoxicated during the accident can pay 30,000 rubles. This does not include other violations that will be issued by the traffic police.
- Failure to manage a vehicle faces a fine of 500 rubles.
- If the culprit did not have the right to drive vehicles, then he will have to pay a fine for an accident of 15,000. In the case when the offender has already been arrested and lost his rights, the monetary penalty grows to 30,000.
- The owner of a vehicle that drove into the oncoming lane may be punished with a fine of 5,000 rubles.
The amount of monetary sanctions can be increased when there are additional violations, for example, for the abandonment of an accident, the penalty increases several times.
Accident with injured
It is important to consider the number of injured and the severity of bodily harm during an accident. If the doctor has determined minor damage to health due to an accident, a driver who was responsible for the accident may be fined in the amount of five thousand rubles. The average severity, which led to the fact that the victim lost his ability to work for a long time, threatens the culprit not only with a fine of 5,000 rubles, but also with full payment for the treatment of the victim.
If the accident caused the death of a person, the culprit will be deprived of liberty for five years, and aggravating circumstances, such as being driven while intoxicated, may threaten not only to have to pay an additional fine for an accident, but to deprivation of rights for life.
How to punish the culprit
According to the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, an arrest may not be imposed if there are no serious violations, so a fine can be issued by the traffic police. For example, if the driver spoke on the phone while driving, the violation is not considered in court.
When due to an accident there are injured and serious damage to the vehicle, then the inspector writes a fine for the accident and the materials are sent to a judicial institution, where there will be further consideration of the case.There are some cases where some types of punishment do not apply to citizens, for example, pregnant women, children under the age of majority, military personnel.