Legal basis: Article 1179 of the "Civil Law of the People's Republic of China" Who infringes upon others and causes personal injury shall compensate for reasonable expenses for treatment and rehabilitation such as medical expenses, nursing expenses, transportation expenses, nutrition expenses, hospitalization food subsidies, etc. , and reduced income due to absenteeism.
If disability is caused, the cost of assistive devices and disability compensation shall also be paid; if death is caused, funeral expenses and death compensation shall also be paid.
Article 133 of the "Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China" Whoever violates traffic regulations and thereby causes a major accident, causing serious injury or death or causing heavy losses to public or private property, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or Criminal detention; anyone who escapes after a traffic accident or has other particularly serious circumstances shall be sentenced to a fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years; if his escape causes death, he shall be sentenced to a fixed-term imprisonment of not less than seven years.
Interpretations of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Law in the Trial of Criminal Cases of Traffic Accidents Article 2 Anyone who causes a traffic accident and falls under any of the following circumstances shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention:
(1) An accident in which one person dies or three or more people are seriously injured, and they are fully or mainly responsible for the accident;
(2) An accident in which three or more people die, and they are equally responsible;
(3) Causing direct losses to public property or other people's property, bearing full or major responsibility for the accident, and being unable to compensate for the amount of more than 300,000 yuan.
If a traffic accident causes serious injuries to one or more people, who is fully or mainly responsible for the accident, and falls under any of the following circumstances, he will be convicted and punished for the crime of traffic accident:
(1) After drinking or taking drugs Driving a motor vehicle;
(2) Driving a motor vehicle without driving qualifications;
(3) Driving a motor vehicle knowing that the safety devices are incomplete or the safety components are malfunctioning;
(4) Knowingly driving an unlicensed or scrapped motor vehicle;
(5) Driving with a serious overload;
(6) To evade legal prosecution , who fled the scene of the accident.