Under Section 605 of the NY State Vehicle and Traffic Law, all drivers involved in an accident where:
must file their own accident report within 10 days from the date of accident or DMV may suspend your driver’s license until your report is received. To meet the filing requirements, you must fill out and file the Report of Motor Vehicle Accident (PDF) [2] (MV-104). In addition,
The accident appears on the records of all the involved drivers. An accident listed on your driver record does not indicate that you were at fault. The DMV does not try to determine fault in an accident.
The DMV has an Accident Re-examination program that identifies drivers who have been in three or more reportable accidents within an 18-month period. The program includes drivers of all ages. A reportable accident is any accident in New York State that causes a fatality, a personal injury or damage over $1,000 to the property of any one person. The DMV sends the driver a letter to come to a DMV office for an interview and for possible eye, written and road tests.
Links
[1] https://dmv.ny.gov/print/3453
[2] https://dmv.ny.gov/forms/mv104.pdf
[3] https://dmv.ny.gov/node/1450
[4] https://dmv.ny.gov/offices/county-offices
[5] https://dmv.ny.gov/records/driving-records-abstracts
[6] https://dmv.ny.gov/dmv-records/commercial-driver-license-cdl-driving-records
[7] https://dmv.ny.gov/lifetime-driving-records
[8] https://dmv.ny.gov/records/vehicle-registration-and-title-records-abstracts
[9] https://dmv.ny.gov/dmv-records/how-file-motorist-accident-report
[10] https://dmv.ny.gov/node/2063