SEF 44 in Alberta: No-Contact Accidents and Proving an Unidentified Vehicle Was Involved
Alberta’s current SEF 44 doesn't require physical contact with an unidentified vehicle. But a no-contact claim still requires evidence proving another automobile was actually involved.
You swerve to avoid another vehicle, lose control and crash. The other vehicle never touches yours. It doesn't stop. Nobody gets a licence plate. Under the current standard Alberta SEF 44, the answer doesn't turn simply on whether the vehicles made contact. Physical contact with an unidentified automobile is no longer stated as a condition in the current definition of an unidentified automobile.
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