PERSONAL INJURY

The Texas Department of Transportation (or “TxDOT”) maintains an archive of all crash records for the State of Texas.

Texas law requires any law enforcement officer who, in the regular course of duty, investigates a car accident that results in injury to or death of a person or damage to property in excess of $1,000 or more, to submit a written report to TxDOT no more than 10 days after the date of the crash. See Texas Transportation Code §550.062.

TxDOT collects crash reports from every law enforcement agency in Texas. TxDOT maintains records about car accidents that occur on any public roadway in Texas, not just those that occur on the state highway system.

If you were involved in a car accident and a law enforcement officer filed a report about your accident, you can obtain a copy of the report through the Crash Reports and Records section of the TxDOT website.

https://cris.dot.state.tx.us/public/Purchase/app/disclaimer

To obtain the report yourself, you will need to provide at least two of the following pieces of information:

• Crash ID
• Name of any person involved in the crash,
• Date of the crash, and/or
• Location of the crash.

The costs for a copy of a crash report are as follows:

• $6.00 for a regular copy.
• $8.00 for a certified copy. 

Note: A certified copy will be required for most legal proceedings.