                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO PUBLISH STATISTICAL INFORMATION, AND CONDUCT
RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTS; COPIES TO BE FURNISHED BY DEPARTMENT TO
COMMONWEALTH&#8217;S ATTORNEYS (§ 52-4.2)

a. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall tabulate and analyze all accident
reports and shall publish annually, or more frequently, statistical information
based thereon as to the number and circumstances of traffic accidents.

b. Based upon its findings, after analysis, the Department may conduct further
necessary detailed research to determine more fully the cause, control and
prevention of highway accidents. It may further conduct experimental field tests
within areas of the Commonwealth from time to time to prove the practicability
of various ideas advanced in traffic control and accident prevention.

c. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall promptly furnish a copy of any
particular accident report or a proof of financial responsibility to any
attorney for the Commonwealth upon the request of that person, without charge to
be used only in the performance of his official duties.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 46-411, 46-412; 1958, c. 550; 1968, c. 760; 1985, c.
10.