How to get a car accident report in Hawaii

Hawaii provides state-police crash reports through County Police Department Records Divisions (agency-by-agency; no statewide crash portal) - representative/verified: Honolulu Police Department Records Division. Crashes handled by local police or county sheriffs are requested from the responding agency (listed below).

Official source

County Police Department Records Divisions (agency-by-agency; no statewide crash portal) - representative/verified: Honolulu Police Department Records Division

Official Hawaii crash-report source — Varies by county, all agency-direct. Honolulu PD (Oahu): $0.50 first page + $0.25 each additional page ($0.65/page color). Hawaii County/Big Island: $1.00 first page + $0.10 each additional page, CASH ONLY. Maui PD: free for reports under 25 pages, then $0.25/page. Kauai PD: approx $0.25/page. No online-portal convenience fee (there is no online portal).. State-police crashes; locals request from the responding agency.

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Source: Hawaii — County Police Department Records Divisions (agency-by-agency; no statewide crash portal) - representative/verified: Honolulu Police Department Records Division. Checked 2026-07-24. Details can change — always confirm with the official source.

Step by step

Find the county police department that responded. Hawaii has no state police, no highway patrol, and no statewide crash-report website. Every crash on a public road is investigated by one of the four county police departments. Route by island: Oahu -> Honolulu PD; Hawaii Island/Big Island -> Hawaii Police Department (Hilo); Maui, Molokai, Lanai -> Maui Police Department (Wailuku); Kauai -> Kauai Police Department (Lihue).
Confirm you are a party of interest. Under HRS 291C-20 these reports are confidential and released only to someone 'directly concerned' or 'having a proper interest' - a driver, vehicle owner, a parent/guardian/employer of an involved person, or that person's authorized representative (your attorney or insurer). The general public cannot pull someone else's report.
Gather your identifiers. Have the police report/case number if you have it; if not, provide the date, time, and location of the collision plus the names of those involved. Also prepare your name, phone, email, and a legible photocopy of your government-issued photo ID.
Submit the request to that county's Records Division. Request by email, by mail, or in person at the county Records Division. Honolulu PD: email or mail to Records Division, 801 South Beretania St, Honolulu HI 96813 (status line 808-723-3258). Hawaii PD: any district station or mail Records & ID Section, 349 Kapiolani St, Hilo 96720 (808-961-2233). Maui PD Records: 55 Mahalani St, Wailuku 96793 (808-244-6376). Kauai PD Records Section, Lihue (808-241-1600). Third-party requests must include a notarized signed request letter and ID.
Pay the county copy fee and wait out the processing window. Pay per the county schedule (see fees). Include a self-addressed stamped envelope for mail. Turnaround is roughly 48 hours (Kauai) up to about 10 business days (Hawaii Island); on Oahu, MVC reports go through a release review before they can be released and full reports may not be available until the case is closed.

State police / highway patrol crashes

Hawaii is the only U.S. state with no state police or highway patrol, so there is no state-level crash report to request. Traffic-crash investigation on all public roads is handled exclusively by the four county police departments. The state Department of Law Enforcement (DLE, created 2023 - Sheriff, Narcotics, and Criminal Investigations divisions) performs airport/security and limited enforcement duties and does not produce routine highway crash reports. Bottom line: for any crash in Hawaii, request the report from the county police department (by island) where it happened - not from a state agency.

Crashes handled by local police or sheriffs

In Hawaii the 'local agency' IS the county police department - there is no separate city-PD-vs-state layer and no county sheriff running road patrol. Because Hawaii has no statewide crash portal and no third-party vendor (no LexisNexis BuyCrash, no Carfax crashdocs), you always request directly from the county police department whose officers worked the crash: Honolulu PD (Oahu), Hawaii Police Department (Big Island, Hilo), Maui Police Department (Wailuku), or Kauai Police Department (Lihue). Contact that department's Records Division by email, mail, or in person; you must be a party of interest and show ID (third parties: notarized request + ID).

Who can get the report: Hawaii crash reports are NOT general public records. HRS 291C-20(a) makes each traffic collision report 'for the confidential use of the police department,' releasable only 'to any person directly concerned in the traffic collision or having a proper interest therein' - the drivers involved (and their employer, parent, or legal guardian), owners, and the authorized representative (attorney/insurer) of an involved person. HRS 291C-20(c) states that in any conflict with other law - including chapter 92F (the Uniform Information Practices Act, Hawaii's public-records law) - 'this section shall control.' So the state hub page must treat these as interested-parties-only and stay process-only: no report contents, no browsable database, request-your-own-report flow only. Statute text verified live at capitol.hawaii.gov (HTTP 200).

After you get the report

Use the report to open or support your insurance claim - give your insurer the report/case number so the adjuster can pull the officer's account, diagram, and any citation/fault notes. Review it carefully for errors while it is fresh: names, driver-license and plate numbers, vehicle and insurance details, the crash location/direction, and the narrative or diagram. If something is wrong, contact the investigating officer's Records Division to request a correction or supplemental report. Keep in mind reports can lag (Oahu MVC reports need a release review; some counties withhold the full report until the case is closed), so request early and follow up on the case number.