# A.R.S. § 28-672: 28-672 Causing serious physical injury or death by a moving violation; time limitation; penalties; violation; classification; definition > Arizona · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AZ_T28_C3_A4_S672 ## Section - **Citation:** A.R.S. § 28-672 - **Heading:** 28-672 Causing serious physical injury or death by a moving violation; time limitation; penalties; violation; classification; definition - **Jurisdiction:** Arizona - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Arizona Code / Title 28 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 672 ## Text 28-672. Causing serious physical injury or death by a moving violation; time limitation; penalties; violation; classification; definition A. A person is guilty of causing serious physical injury or death by a moving violation if the person violates any one of the following and the violation results in an accident causing serious physical injury or death to another person: 1. Section 28-645, subsection A, paragraph 3, subdivision (a). 2. Section 28-710. 3. Section 28-729. 4. Section 28-771. 5. Section 28-772. 6. Section 28-773. 7. Section 28-792. 8. Section 28-794. 9. Section 28-797, subsection F, G, H or I. 10. Section 28-855, subsection B. 11. Section 28-857, subsection A. 12. Section 28-914. B. A person who violates this section shall attend and successfully complete traffic survival school educational sessions that are designed to improve the safety and habits of drivers and that are approved by the department. In addition, the court may order the person to perform community restitution. C. The court shall report a conviction for a violation of this section to the department and: 1. For a first violation of this section, shall direct the department to suspend the person's driving privilege or restrict the person's driving privilege as described in section 28-144 for at least ninety days and not more than one hundred eighty days if the violation results in serious physical injury and at least one hundred eighty days and not more than one year if the violation results in death. 2. For a second or subsequent violation of this section within a period of thirty-six months, shall direct the department to suspend the person's driving privilege for one hundred eighty days if the violation results in serious physical injury and one year if the violation results in death. D. If a person's driving privilege is suspended pursuant to any other statute because of an incident involving a violation of this section, the suspension period prescribed in subsection C of this section shall run consecutively with the other suspension period. E. If a person fails to successfully complete traffic survival school educational sessions or perform community restitution pursuant to this section, the court shall notify the department and the department shall promptly suspend the driver license or permit of the driver or the privilege of a nonresident to drive a motor vehicle in this state until the order is satisfied. F. If the person who suffers serious physical injury as a result of a violation of this section appears before the court in which the action is pending at any time before trial and acknowledges receipt of satisfaction for the injury, on payment of the costs incurred, the court shall order that the prosecution be dismissed and the defendant be discharged. The reasons for the order shall be set forth and entered of record, and the order shall be a bar to another prosecution for the same offense. G. Restitution awarded pursuant to section 13-603 as a result of a violation of this section shall not exceed $100,000. H. A prosecution for a violation of this section must be commenced within two years after actual discovery of the offense by the state or the political subdivision having jurisdiction or discovery by the state or the political subdivision that should have occurred with the exercise of reasonable diligence, whichever first occurs. I. A person who violates this section is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor. J. For the purposes of this section, "serious physical injury" has the same meaning prescribed in section 13-105. ## Nearby sections - [A.R.S. § 28-661 28-661 Accidents involving death or physical injuries; autonomous vehicles; neighborhood occupantless electric vehicles; failure to stop; violation; classification; driver license revocation; restricted privilege to drive; alcohol or other drug screening](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AZ_T28_C3_A4_S661.md) - [A.R.S. § 28-662 28-662 Accidents involving damage to vehicle; failure to stop; autonomous vehicles; neighborhood occupantless electric vehicles; violation; classification; driver license suspension; alcohol or other drug screening](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AZ_T28_C3_A4_S662.md) - [A.R.S. § 28-663 28-663 Duty to give information and assistance; autonomous vehicles; neighborhood occupantless electric vehicles; violation; classification; alcohol or other drug screening](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AZ_T28_C3_A4_S663.md) - [A.R.S. § 28-664 28-664 Duty on striking unattended vehicle; autonomous vehicles; neighborhood occupantless electric vehicles; violation; classification](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AZ_T28_C3_A4_S664.md) - [A.R.S. § 28-665 28-665 Striking fixtures on a highway; autonomous vehicles; neighborhood occupantless electric vehicles; violation; classification](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AZ_T28_C3_A4_S665.md) - [A.R.S. § 28-666 28-666 Notice of vehicle accident; autonomous vehicles; neighborhood occupantless electric vehicles](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AZ_T28_C3_A4_S666.md) - [A.R.S. § 28-667 28-667 Written accident report; definition](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AZ_T28_C3_A4_S667.md) - [A.R.S. § 28-668 28-668 Accidents involving death to drivers; testing alcohol concentration](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AZ_T28_C3_A4_S668.md) - [A.R.S. § 28-669 28-669 Accident report forms](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AZ_T28_C3_A4_S669.md) - [A.R.S. § 28-670 28-670 Accident report analysis](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AZ_T28_C3_A4_S670.md) - [A.R.S. § 28-671 28-671 Accident reports required by city or town](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AZ_T28_C3_A4_S671.md) - [A.R.S. § 28-672 28-672 Causing serious physical injury or death by a moving violation; time limitation; penalties; violation; classification; definition](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AZ_T28_C3_A4_S672.md) - [A.R.S. § 28-673 28-673 Traffic accidents; implied consent; tests](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AZ_T28_C3_A4_S673.md) - [A.R.S. § 28-674 28-674 Traffic accidents; quick clearance](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AZ_T28_C3_A4_S674.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AZ_T28_C3_A4_S672. 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