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DUI hit-and-run costs: two offenses, two fine schedules
Florida has no single 'DUI hit-and-run' charge. Leaving a crash is prosecuted under its own statutes, § 316.061 and § 316.027, entirely separately from the DUI under § 316.193 — so a driver who drives impaired and then leaves faces both fine schedules, both cases, and a license revocation the DUI alone would not have produced. This page lays out the leaving-the-scene schedule and how it stacks.
The leaving-the-scene ladder: priced by outcome, not by impairment
What the crash caused — not the decision to leave, and not the driver's alcohol level — sets the tier. Leaving a crash involving only property damage is a second-degree misdemeanor under § 316.061: up to 60 days in jail and a fine of up to $500. Leaving a crash involving injury to another person is a third-degree felony under § 316.027(2)(a), punishable under §§ 775.082 and 775.083 by up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $5,000, with a minimum three-year license revocation.
Serious bodily injury raises leaving the scene to a second-degree felony under § 316.027(2)(b) — up to 15 years and a fine of up to $10,000. A death makes it a first-degree felony under § 316.027(2)(c): up to 30 years, a fine of up to $10,000, and a mandatory minimum of four years in prison under the Aaron Cohen Life Protection Act, with license revocation of at least three years. Knowledge that a crash occurred is an element the state must prove, which is a legal question for a court — the cost point here is simply that each tier carries its own published ceiling.
How the DUI stacks on top
None of those figures includes the DUI. The impaired-driving case proceeds on its own schedule — a standard first Florida DUI fines $500 to $1,000 under § 316.193(2), or $1,000 to $2,000 if the level was 0.15 or higher or a minor was in the vehicle under § 316.193(4) — plus its own probation, DUI program, impoundment and interlock components. If the crash killed someone and the driver was impaired, DUI manslaughter under § 316.193(3) is a further separate felony with its own four-year mandatory minimum.
Restitution is the third money layer, and the least schedulable. Courts can order a convicted driver to compensate victims for losses the crash caused; the amount is the proven loss in that case, so no published range exists and this page does not estimate one. Bail on felony leaving-the-scene charges is set by county bond schedules — the bond-premium mechanics (a statutory 10% in Florida) are explained on our DUI bail and bond costs page. Attorney fees for two parallel cases are market prices, again with no official schedule.
| Offense (Florida) | Published figure |
|---|---|
| Leaving — property damage only (§ 316.061) | Second-degree misdemeanor: up to 60 days jail; fine up to $500 |
| Leaving — injury (§ 316.027(2)(a)) | Third-degree felony: up to 5 years; fine up to $5,000; revocation at least 3 years |
| Leaving — serious bodily injury (§ 316.027(2)(b)) | Second-degree felony: up to 15 years; fine up to $10,000 |
| Leaving — death (§ 316.027(2)(c)) | First-degree felony: up to 30 years; 4-year mandatory minimum; fine up to $10,000 |
| Underlying first DUI (§ 316.193(2)/(4)) | Fine $500–$1,000 standard; $1,000–$2,000 at 0.15+ or with a minor |
Sources: Florida Statutes §§ 316.061, 316.027, 316.193 (Online Sunshine / Florida Legislature); §§ 775.082, 775.083 (felony/misdemeanor penalty and fine ceilings). Last verified: October 2026.
The fine is one line in a longer stack — court costs, program fees, interlock, supervision and reinstatement all bill separately. Price the layers that apply to your case in the calculator.
Open the DUI cost calculatorWhy leaving is almost always the more expensive choice
Compare the two branches of the same crash. A first DUI with property damage who stays faces the DUI fine schedule, program and impoundment — a misdemeanor case. The same driver who leaves adds a separate criminal case whose ceiling, even at the property-damage tier, includes its own fine and jail exposure, and at the injury tier becomes a felony with a three-year revocation that no hardship argument shortens in the way a first-DUI suspension sometimes can be shortened (see hardship and restricted license costs).
The escalation also compounds over time: a felony leaving-the-scene conviction is a permanent record event unless a court grants relief, and record-relief eligibility for DUI-related convictions is narrow — Florida, for example, requires adjudication be withheld for DUI sealing, which a § 316.193 conviction does not allow. Those collateral costs have no published price, but they are the reason the leaving-the-scene schedule, not the DUI schedule, dominates the long-run cost of these cases.
Common questions
- Is DUI hit-and-run one charge in Florida?
- No. DUI (§ 316.193) and leaving the scene (§§ 316.061, 316.027) are separate offenses, charged and punished separately. A driver can be convicted of one, both, or neither.
- What is the cheapest tier of leaving the scene?
- Property damage only: a second-degree misdemeanor under § 316.061 with a fine of up to $500 and up to 60 days in jail — in addition to any DUI penalties from the same crash.
- Is restitution included in the fines above?
- No. Fines are paid to the state; restitution is a separate court-ordered payment to victims based on proven losses in the individual case, so it has no published schedule.
Related cost guides: DUI causing injury costs, DUI bail & bond costs, hardship & restricted license costs, and Florida DUI costs.
Sources: Florida Statutes §§ 316.061, 316.027, 316.193, 775.082, 775.083. Last verified: October 2026. This page is educational information about costs only — not legal advice. Laws and fees change; confirm current figures with your court and your state's driver-licensing agency.