How long after being hit can you not report to the police before it becomes invalid?
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Currently, there are no legal provisions that clearly stipulate how long after being hit you can not report to the police before it becomes invalid. However, if you report the incident to the police after a long period of time, the traffic police department may not accept the case due to the inability to verify the authenticity of the accident. Additionally, even if the traffic police accept the case, the longer the time since the accident occurred, the more difficult it becomes to analyze the accident and collect evidence. Relevant legal provisions regarding the aforementioned accident reporting time: If the parties involved in a road traffic accident do not report to the police and later request the traffic management department of the public security authority to handle the case after the accident scene has been cleared, the traffic management department of the public security authority shall record the case according to the prescribed content and make a decision within three days on whether to accept the case. If the facts of the road traffic accident are verified to exist, the traffic management department of the public security authority shall accept the case and prepare a case registration form; if it cannot be verified that the facts of the road traffic accident exist, or if the case does not fall under the jurisdiction of the traffic management department of the public security authority, the parties involved shall be notified in writing and the reasons shall be explained.
