The present Convention shall determine the law applicable to civil non-contractual liability arising from traffic accidents.
For the purpose of this Convention, a traffic accident shall mean an accident which involves one or more vehicles, whether motorized or not, and is connected with traffic on the public highway, in grounds open to the public or in private grounds to which certain persons have a right of access.
The present Convention shall not apply to the liability of manufacturers, sellers or repairers of vehicles; to the responsibility of the owner, or of any other person, for the maintenance of a way open to traffic or for the safety of its users; to vicarious liability, with the exception of the liability of an owner of a vehicle, or of a principal, or of a master; to recourse actions among persons liable; to recourse actions and to subrogation in so far as insurance companies are concerned; to actions and recourse actions by or against social insurance institutions, other similar institutions and public automobile guarantee funds, and to any exemption from liability laid down by the law which governs these institutions.
The draft is registered under Reg. No. 0209.