How to get a car accident report in Kansas
Kansas provides state-police crash reports through KHP Online Accident Report (Kansas.gov Records Portal). Crashes handled by local police or county sheriffs are requested from the responding agency (listed below).
Official source
KHP Online Accident Report (Kansas.gov Records Portal)
Official Kansas crash-report source — $5.00 per crash report plus $2.00 per witness statement, paid by credit card (Visa/MasterCard/Amex/Discover) through the Kansas.gov payment processor. A Kansas.gov portal/transaction surcharge may also apply (exact amount not confirmed live).. State-police crashes; locals request from the responding agency.
Open the official portal→Source: Kansas — KHP Online Accident Report (Kansas.gov Records Portal). Checked 2026-07-24. Details can change — always confirm with the official source.
Step by step
- Identify the investigating agency. Determine who worked your crash: the Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) handles most interstate, state-highway, and rural crashes, while a city police department or county sheriff handles crashes on local roads. This decides where you request the report — Kansas has no single statewide portal that covers every agency.
- For a KHP crash, use the Kansas.gov portal. Go to https://www.kansas.gov/accident-reports/ and sign in or create a free KanAccess (Kansas.gov) account. The online system covers KHP crashes that occurred after May 2013.
- Wait the processing window, then search. Allow about 14 days after the crash (there can be extra delay before a completed report reaches the KHP Records Section). Search by name, case/report number, and date. You can set a free email notification to be alerted when your case posts.
- Pay the fee and download. Pay $5.00 per crash report (and $2.00 per witness statement, if requested) by credit card through the Kansas.gov processor, then download the PDF.
- For a local-agency crash, go straight to that agency. If a city PD or county sheriff worked the crash, request from that agency's records unit — e.g., Wichita PD offers online accident-report access plus a records/KORA request form. Others take requests by mail or in person. Not through the state KHP portal.
- Use it and check for errors. Give the report (case number, involved parties, insurance info, diagram, fault narrative) to your insurer for the claim, and review it for mistakes — wrong names, plates, or an incorrect diagram — asking the investigating agency to amend any errors.
State police / highway patrol crashes
Kansas Highway Patrol crash reports: order online at https://www.kansas.gov/accident-reports/ with a free KanAccess account (credit-card payment; crashes after May 2013; allow ~14 days). Alternatively, submit a written request by mail or in person to the KHP Records Department, 708 SW Jackson, Topeka, KS 66603 — email KHP.Records@ks.gov or call (785) 296-6800. Fee is $5.00 per report ($2.00 per witness statement).
Crashes handled by local police or sheriffs
Agency-direct. The kansas.gov/accident-reports portal serves Kansas Highway Patrol reports only, not local agencies. For a crash worked by a city police department or county sheriff, request the report directly from that agency's records unit. Larger departments provide their own online access or a records-request/KORA form (e.g., Wichita PD: online accident-report access + Records Bureau open-records request at wichita.gov); smaller agencies take requests by mail or in person. Kansas is not a statewide LexisNexis BuyCrash or Carfax crashdocs state, so there is no single third-party portal covering all local Kansas crashes.
Kansas agencies (50)
Pick the agency that responded to your crash for its exact request process:
- Andover Police Department
- Basehor Police Department
- Buhler Police Department
- Carbondale Police Department
- Chanute Police Department
- Cimarron Police Department
- Clark County Sheriffs Office
- Clay County Sheriff'S Office
- Columbus Police Department
- Edwardsville Police Department
- Elkhart Police Department
- Ellis Police Department
- Ellsworth Police Department
- Emporia Police Department
- Fredonia Police Department
- Garden City Police Department.
- Gardner Police Department
- Grandview Plaza Police Department
- Gray County Sheriff'S Office
- Holcomb Police Department
- Hugoton Police Department
- Humboldt Police Department
- Junction City Police Department
- Kansas City Police Department
- Kansas State University Police Department
- Larned Police Department
- Leawood Police Department
- Liberal Police Department
- Lindsborg Police Department
- Mcpherson Police Department
- Meade County Sheriffs Office
- Morris County Sheriff
- Morton County Sheriff'S Office
- Neodesha Police Department
- Neosho County Sheriff'S Office
- Ottawa Police Department
- Overbrook Police Department
- Pittsburg Police Department
- Plainville Police Department
- Pratt County Sheriff'S Office
- Pratt Police Department
- Reno County Sheriff'S Office
- Riley County Police Department
- Salina Police Department
- Shawnee County Sheriff'S Office
- Sheridan County Sheriff'S Office
- Topeka Police Department
- Wamego Police Department
- Washington County Sheriff'S Office
- Winfield Police Department
After you get the report
Give the report to your insurance company for the claim — it carries the case number, date/location, all involved drivers and their insurance, the officer's diagram, and any fault/contributing-factor findings. Read it over for errors (misspelled names, wrong plate/VIN, incorrect diagram or narrative) and contact the investigating agency to request a correction or supplement if something is wrong, since insurers and any later claim rely on it.