Is It Mandatory To Report A Hit And Run To Police?

I think it would be extremely foolish NOT to report the accident. After all, a crime may have been committed. Many people think that only the HTA offence of "Fail to Remain or Stop" applies, but there's also a criminal offence called "Failure to stop after accident" (section 320(16) of the Criminal Code) that can often apply.

Regardless, if there were ANY injuries, public property damage or the total cost of ALL damages was over $2000, you have a duty to report the collision. It doesn't take much to hit that $2000 threshold nowadays! Otherwise, you can get charged with "Fail to report accident" (section 199(1)). Given that 3 vehicles were involved its quite possible that threshold was met.

In any event, I think the prudent thing to do is to report, since insurers are going to want to investigate who is at fault. It will certainly help them, especially if the hit/run individual is eventually caught.

Thanks for the clarity, very valid points. I will look up those sections just to take a peek at the wording.

I have heard too many of these stories and saw lots of them with good replies on this website

Thanks