After a traffic accident, traffic management departments of public security organs do not have to detain the vehicle.

According to the stipulation of traffic accident handling procedure law on road traffic safety and road, the traffic control department of the public security organ after the report, should be immediately sent to the scene, conduct an inquest, inspection, collection of evidence on the scene of the accident; the need for collection of evidence, to detain the vehicle accident, and issue the certificate administrative coercive measures. But shall properly keep the.

As can be seen, in the need to collect evidence, police can detain the vehicle accident. The traffic police to detain the vehicle behavior is a kind of administrative compulsory measure; detained vehicles shall be within five days by the traffic control department of the public security organ to notify the parties concerned for determining in inspection, appraisal conclusion date.