Relevant laws and regulations: "Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China"
Article 133 Violation of traffic and transportation management regulations, occurrence of major accidents, causing serious injury or death, or loss of public or private property Anyone who suffers heavy losses shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention; whoever escapes after a traffic accident or has other particularly serious circumstances shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years; whoever escapes and causes death shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than seven years.