§ 11:32. Written accident reports confidential.

(a)

All written reports required in this chapter to be forwarded to the police department by drivers or owners of vehicles involved in accidents shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting and shall be for the confidential use of the department or other governmental agencies having use for the records for accident prevention purposes, except that the department may disclose the identity of a person involved in an accident when such identity is not otherwise known or when such person denies his presence at such accident.

(b)

No written reports forwarded under the provisions of this chapter shall be used as evidence in any trial, civil or criminal, arising out of an accident except that the department shall furnish upon demand of any party to such trial, or upon demand of any court, a certificate showing that a specified accident report has or has not been made to the department in compliance with law, and if such report has been made, the date, time and location of the accident, the names and addresses of the drivers, the owners of the vehicles involved, and the investigating officers. The reports may be used in evidence when necessary to prosecute charges filed in connection with a violation of section 11:33.

(City Code 1951, Title 11, § 32)