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How to get a car accident report in Louisiana

Louisiana provides state-police crash reports through Louisiana State Police Crash Reports. Crashes handled by local police or county sheriffs are requested from the responding agency (listed below).

Official source

Louisiana State Police Crash Reports

Official Louisiana crash-report source — $11.50 per report online, plus a $2.50 + 2.5% processing fee (photos $10.00 each extra). In person at a Troop office: $16.50.. State-police crashes; locals request from the responding agency.

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Source: Louisiana — Louisiana State Police Crash Reports. Checked 2026-07-24. Details can change — always confirm with the official source.

Step by step

  1. Identify which agency investigated your crash. Determine whether Louisiana State Police (LSP) or a local agency (a city police department or parish sheriff) worked the scene. LSP-worked crashes and locally-worked crashes go through completely different channels, so this decides your entire path.
  2. Confirm you are an authorized party. Louisiana crash reports are confidential under R.S. 32:398. Be ready to establish that you are an interested party (a driver/party to the crash, the parent/guardian of an involved minor, an insurer, a treating provider, or the attorney/representative of a party). You generally cannot pull a stranger's report.
  3. For an LSP crash, order from the state portal. Go to https://crashreports.dps.la.gov and order online for $11.50 plus the processing fee. Alternatively, mail a Crash Report Request Form to the LSP Traffic Records Unit, or buy in person at any Troop office for $16.50. Allow about 15 working days after the crash. Fatal-crash reports can ONLY be purchased in person at a Troop office.
  4. For a local crash, use BuyCrash or the agency's records unit. If a city PD or parish sheriff worked it, the report is not on the state portal. Try LexisNexis BuyCrash (https://policereports.lexisnexis.com) if that agency participates; otherwise request it directly from the department's records/identification division (for New Orleans/NOPD, via nola.nextrequest.com or in person at 715 South Broad Street).
  5. Enter your search details. The fastest lookup is the crash/report number. If you don't have it, search by driver name plus the parish and crash date (state portal), or by the identifiers each local system requires. Pay the fee to download the PDF.
  6. Review the report and use it. Check the report for errors (names, license and insurance data, vehicle info, diagram, and narrative fault notes), then submit it to your insurer for your claim. Ask the investigating agency to correct any factual mistakes.

State police / highway patrol crashes

For a Louisiana State Police / Highway Patrol crash, use the LSP Traffic Records Unit. Online: order at https://crashreports.dps.la.gov for $11.50 plus a $2.50 + 2.5% processing fee (covers non-toll-road crashes on/after Aug 31, 2018; available ~10-15 business days after the crash). By mail: send a completed Crash Report Request Form to the LSP Traffic Records Unit. In person: buy at any Troop office for $16.50. Fatal-crash reports must be purchased in person at a Troop office (60-day wait before fatal-crash photos). Photos are $10.00 each extra.

Crashes handled by local police or sheriffs

Crashes worked by LOCAL agencies (city police departments, parish sheriffs) are NOT on the state portal (crashreports.dps.la.gov is LSP-only). Route by agency: many Louisiana local agencies (e.g., Shreveport PD, Baker PD, Iberia) distribute crash reports through LexisNexis BuyCrash at policereports.lexisnexis.com (search by state=LA and jurisdiction; roughly $10-$20 per PDF). Agencies not on BuyCrash are obtained directly from that department's records/identification division. New Orleans (NOPD) uses its own path: the nola.nextrequest.com public-records portal or in person at the Records & Identification Division, 715 South Broad Street. Statutory cap for a local copy is up to $5 (two pages or fewer) or up to $20 (longer).

Louisiana agencies (89)

Pick the agency that responded to your crash for its exact request process:

After you get the report

Once you have the report, submit it to your auto insurer to support or defend a claim (it documents parties, vehicles, insurance, the scene diagram, and the officer's fault/narrative findings). Review it carefully for errors -- misspelled names, wrong license/plate/insurance data, an inaccurate diagram, or a mistaken fault note -- and ask the investigating agency (LSP or the local department) to issue a correction/supplement, since insurers and courts rely on it heavily.