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How to get a car accident report in Missouri

Missouri provides state-police crash reports through Missouri State Highway Patrol Public Records Center — Traffic Crash Report Request. Crashes handled by local police or county sheriffs are requested from the responding agency (listed below).

Official source

Missouri State Highway Patrol Public Records Center — Traffic Crash Report Request

Official Missouri crash-report source — $6.00 per basic crash report; paid online at request, or by check/money order payable to 'DPS - Missouri State Highway Patrol' if mailing (cash not accepted and is returned). State-police crashes; locals request from the responding agency.

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Source: Missouri — Missouri State Highway Patrol Public Records Center — Traffic Crash Report Request. Checked 2026-07-24. Details can change — always confirm with the official source.

Step by step

  1. Identify the investigating agency. Determine whether the Missouri State Highway Patrol worked the crash or a local city police department or county sheriff did — that decides where you request. MSHP does not work crashes inside city limits unless the local department asks it to.
  2. Wait about 10 days. Allow at least 10 working days from the date of the crash for the officer's report to be finalized and reach the Patrol Records Division before requesting.
  3. Submit the request to MSHP. For MSHP-investigated crashes, open the MSHP Public Records Center at https://mshp.govqa.us and submit a Traffic Crash Report records request, or mail the request form to Missouri State Highway Patrol, Patrol Records Division, P.O. Box 568, Jefferson City, MO 65102, Attn: Traffic Crash Reports.
  4. Provide the crash details. Enter the names of the drivers/parties involved, the date of the crash, the county or city where it happened, and the MSHP report number if you have it.
  5. Pay the $6.00 fee. Pay $6.00 per report — online during the request, or by check or money order made payable to 'DPS - Missouri State Highway Patrol' if mailing (no cash).
  6. Receive and review the report. Get the official Missouri Uniform Crash Report, review it for errors, and use it for your insurance claim.

State police / highway patrol crashes

For a Missouri State Highway Patrol / Highway Patrol crash: wait ~10 working days, then either (a) submit a Traffic Crash Report request through the MSHP Public Records Center at https://mshp.govqa.us and pay the $6.00 fee online, or (b) mail the records request form with a $6.00 check or money order payable to 'DPS - Missouri State Highway Patrol' to Missouri State Highway Patrol, Patrol Records Division, P.O. Box 568, Jefferson City, MO 65102, Attn: Traffic Crash Reports. Requests may also be made to any of the Patrol's nine troop headquarters or the Traffic Division at General Headquarters, (573) 526-6113.

Crashes handled by local police or sheriffs

Crashes worked by a local city police department or county sheriff are NOT provided through the MSHP portal — MSHP explicitly refers those requests to the investigating local agency ('Requests for report copies relating to crashes investigated by local police agencies are referred to the local agency'). Go directly to that agency's records unit. Larger Missouri municipal and county agencies (e.g., major-metro departments) commonly distribute crash reports through LexisNexis BuyCrash (crashdocs.org) or their own online records portals; smaller agencies take mail, in-person, or phone requests. All agencies file the Missouri Uniform Crash Report with the MSHP Patrol Records Division (statewide repository), but the public copy is obtained from the agency that worked the crash.

Missouri counties (89)

Pick the county where your crash happened for every local agency and its exact request process:

Plus 23 statewide or specialty agencies: Bellefontaine Neighbors Police Department, Brentwood Police Department, Clayton Police Department, Ellisville Police Department, Gladstone Public Safety Department, Macon Police Department Mo, Manchester Police Department, Miner Police Department, Normandy Police Department, North Kansas City Police Department, Oakland Police Department, Parkville Police Department, and more.

After you get the report

Use the official Missouri Uniform Crash Report to support your insurance claim — it documents the parties, vehicles, location, and the officer's account and diagram. Review it for accuracy: under the MSHP FAQ, any party involved in the crash (or their attorney) can contact the troop headquarters of the investigating officer to question or correct any part of the report.