How to get a car accident report in Nevada

Step by step

1. Identify the investigating agency. Determine who worked the crash. If it happened on a highway/interstate or was handled by a trooper, it is a Nevada State Police - Highway Patrol (NHP) report. If a city police department or county sheriff responded, you must request from that local agency instead (see local routing).
2. Wait for the report to be filed. NHP crash reports are available 7-14 days from the date of the crash. Officers must submit their reports within 10 days under NRS 484E.110, so requesting too early will return no results.
3. Go to the NHP Crash Report Request page and open CRASHDOCS.org. Start at nhp.nv.gov/Reports/Crash_Report_Request/, which links to the CRASHDOCS.org purchase portal - the official online source for NHP-investigated crash reports.
4. Search for your report. Enter the crash number (formatted as 'NHP' + digits, e.g. NHP123456789), the last name of an involved party, and the date of the crash to locate the report.
5. Pay the fee and download. Pay the $10 per-report fee and download the PDF. Crash photos are $5, and fatal-crash reports are not sold online - contact the appropriate NHP regional command office (Reno, Elko, or Las Vegas).

State police / highway patrol crashes

Nevada State Police - Highway Patrol (NHP)-investigated crashes: use the CRASHDOCS.org portal linked from nhp.nv.gov/Reports/Crash_Report_Request/. Search with the crash number (NHP + digits), an involved party's last name, and the crash date; pay $10 and download. Reports post 7-14 days after the crash. Fatal-crash reports and crash photos ($5) are not available online - contact the regional command office by phone/email/mail: Northern Command West, 357 Hammill Lane, Reno, NV 89511 / (775) 687-9600; Northern Command East, 3920 East Idaho St, Elko, NV 89801 / (775) 753-1111; Southern Command, 6830 Bermuda Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89119 / (702) 668-4100.

Crashes handled by local police or sheriffs

Crashes worked by local agencies (city police or county sheriff) are NOT on the NHP/CRASHDOCS portal - that portal only carries NHP (state trooper) reports. Request directly from the investigating agency's records unit: e.g., Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD Records & Fingerprint Bureau), Reno Police Department Records, Henderson Police Department, North Las Vegas PD, or Washoe/Clark County Sheriff, each via its own online request form, mail, or in-person counter with its own fee. Some smaller Nevada agencies also publish their reports on CRASHDOCS.org, but the large metro departments run their own systems. (Local-agency specifics could not be confirmed live - LVMPD and Reno PD pages blocked automated fetch; verify the exact fee/form on the specific agency's records page.)

Nevada agencies (6)

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

• Carson City Sheriff'S Office
• Elko County Sheriff'S Office
• Elko Police Department
• North Las Vegas Police Department
• Sparks Police Department
• White Pine County Sheriff'S Office

After you get the report

Use the report to support your insurance claim - it carries the crash/event number, the involved parties and their insurance/vehicle details, the officer's diagram and narrative, and any citation issued. Review it carefully for errors (misspelled names, wrong plate/VIN or insurance info, incorrect diagram, or a mistaken fault/contributing-factor notation); if something is wrong, contact the investigating officer or the agency's records unit to request a correction or a supplemental report before you rely on it.