VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 32.300
Involved in an Accident—Definition
The driver of a vehicle has been involved in an accident if:
(a) There has been physical contact between the driver’s vehicle and another vehicle, person or
object; or
(b) The driver of the vehicle was a proximate cause of the accident
History
Virginia Model Jury Instructions – Criminal, Release 26, October 2025. The unannotated set, posted by the Supreme Court of Virginia at vacourts.gov; the book states that it is made available with the permission of the publisher, Matthew Bender & Company, Inc.
Provenance
- Source
- vacourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-11
- Edition
- crim-2025-10-01
- Content hash
2022c3b4528c3dc379973380261b3a3a8f9751f8101ed3b2d06079ab4b11abe4
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