BOATsmart! Base de connaissances du Canada
Module 07 - Emergency Preparedness
Reporting a Collision
You are required to take certain actions if you have been involved in a collision:
- You are required to stop and identify yourself, your vessel, your home port, and your ports of origin and destination to the other craft
- You are required to assist the crew of the other vessel if it is safe to do so
- If damage exceeding $1,000 has occurred, or the seaworthiness of either vessel has been compromised, you are required by law to file an accident report with the local authorities
- If serious injury or death has occurred, you are required by law to report the collision to the local law enforcement agency
