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How to get a car accident report in Massachusetts

Massachusetts provides crash reports statewide through myRMV Online Service Center — Request a Crash Report (RMV Records Requests) — including crashes handled by local police and county sheriffs.

Official source

myRMV Online Service Center — Request a Crash Report (RMV Records Requests)

Official Massachusetts crash-report source — $20 non-refundable search fee per report. Covers agencies statewide.

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Source: Massachusetts — myRMV Online Service Center — Request a Crash Report (RMV Records Requests). Checked 2026-07-24. Details can change — always confirm with the official source.

Step by step

  1. Wait ~4 weeks after the crash. The RMV needs time to receive and process the officer's report. Requesting too early returns nothing; the RMV keeps searching for up to 90 days from the crash date if the report isn't found yet.
  2. Confirm you're eligible to request. You must be an involved party (operator, vehicle owner, occupant, vulnerable user/non-motorist, witness, or property owner), a Massachusetts business whose vehicle was involved, an authorized recipient, or a registered DPPA permitted user. The RMV route is not open to the uninvolved general public.
  3. Request online if you hold a MA credential. Log into the myRMV Online Service Center (mass.gov/myRMV → the ATLAS portal), choose 'Request Crash Report' in the Reports Section, and enter your driver's license/permit number, name, date of birth, SSN, and email, then pay the $20 fee. Business entities enter FID, plate type, last-4 VIN, and registration number.
  4. Request by mail if out-of-state or an authorized recipient. Complete the RMV 'Request for Copy of Police Crash Report' form, attach copies of the required IDs, and mail it with a $20 check or money order payable to MassDOT to: Crash Records, P.O. Box 55889, Boston. Out-of-state credential holders and authorized recipients must use this mail path.
  5. Allow ~4 weeks for processing. Standard or certified copies are processed by the RMV; the $20 fee is a non-refundable search fee (no refund if the report isn't located). If not found initially, the RMV continues searching up to 90 days from the crash date.

State police / highway patrol crashes

Massachusetts State Police crash reports are filed into the same central RMV system as local reports — there is no separate State Police online portal for the public. Request a MSP-investigated report the identical way: the myRMV Online Service Center (online, MA credential) or the mailed 'Request for Copy of Police Crash Report' form to Crash Records, P.O. Box 55889, with the $20 fee. (A copy can also be sought directly from the MSP Records/Crash section, but the RMV is the designated central repository for both state and local reports.)

Crashes handled by local police or sheriffs

Crashes worked by LOCAL Massachusetts agencies (city police, town PDs, county sheriffs) feed into the SAME RMV central repository — the mass.gov Crash Program guide states plainly that reports filed by 'Massachusetts state law enforcement OR local MA police agencies' are available through the one myRMV/ATLAS portal. So involved parties use the single statewide RMV route (online myRMV Online Service Center or by mail) regardless of which agency responded — there is no per-department vendor to hunt for. Alternatively, any requester can file a public-records request for the report directly with the responding local police department under MGL c.66 §10.

Massachusetts agencies (130)

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

After you get the report

Use the report to file or support your insurance claim — it carries the parties, vehicles, plates, insurer/policy details, any citations issued, the officer's narrative, and the crash diagram that insurers use to assign fault. Read it carefully for errors (misspelled names, wrong plate/VIN, incorrect date, location, or direction of travel, or an inaccurate diagram); factual mistakes are corrected by contacting the police department that filed the report, and getting them fixed early matters because fault determinations and claim payouts hinge on what the report says.