Traffic Accident Seizure And Expertise
Seizure and expert witness in traffic accidents
Article 83 – Traffic accidents;
a) By the local general police in order to be dealt with judicially,
b) It is seized by the traffic police in order to prepare a traffic accident report by determining the causes, traces and evidence of the accident.
In accidents occurring on highways where the traffic police is not in charge or is not available, the traffic accident report shall be prepared by the local general police and a copy shall be sent to the traffic police of that place.
In traffic accidents occurring on highways and resulting only in material damage, if the parties agree and the act does not constitute another crime, no judicial prosecution shall be carried out and the provision of Article 565 of the Turkish Penal Code shall not be applied.
In cases where the road is closed to traffic in traffic accidents; the traffic police or general police are authorized to open the highway to traffic after marking the traces and evidence in a way that they will not be lost and after taking the necessary actions.
If the closure of the highway to traffic has been caused by accidents involving death or life-threatening injuries and this accident affects life, property and traffic safety and if it is understood that the public prosecutor will be delayed, the road shall be opened to traffic after the necessary markings are made, the vehicles and the dead are taken aside and the situation is determined with a report.
The traffic police, if assigned according to the procedural laws, shall act as an expert witness in traffic accidents.
Traffic accidents, accident investigation officers, expert witnesses and the conditions to be sought for them and other principles shall be specified in the regulation.
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