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How to get a car accident report in New Jersey

New Jersey provides state-police crash reports through NJSP Crash Reports Request (New Jersey State Police / NJ Turnpike Authority). Crashes handled by local police or county sheriffs are requested from the responding agency (listed below).

Official source

NJSP Crash Reports Request (New Jersey State Police / NJ Turnpike Authority)

Official New Jersey crash-report source — $13.00 non-toll roadway & boat crash reports; $5.00 toll-road reports (NJ Turnpike, Garden State Parkway, Atlantic City Expressway); $20.00 serious/fatal investigation reports, photos, digital media & statements ($5.00 per photo print, up to 10). State-police crashes; locals request from the responding agency.

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Source: New Jersey — NJSP Crash Reports Request (New Jersey State Police / NJ Turnpike Authority). Checked 2026-07-24. Details can change — always confirm with the official source.

Step by step

  1. Identify the investigating agency. Determine who responded to the crash: the New Jersey State Police / NJ Turnpike Authority (state highways, NJ Turnpike, Garden State Parkway, Atlantic City Expressway, boat crashes) versus a local municipal police department or county agency. The retrieval path differs.
  2. For a State Police crash, use the online NJSP portal. Go to the official NJSP Crash Reports Request portal at https://www.njportal.com/njsp/crashreports/ and select the report type (roadway non-toll, toll road, or boat crash).
  3. Search for your report. Search by the crash date, county, and municipality/roadway, plus a driver name or the report (case) number. Note that a report is not searchable until it has been completed and approved by the agency.
  4. Pay the fee and download. Pay by credit/debit card ($13.00 non-toll roadway or boat, $5.00 toll road, $20.00 serious/fatal investigation report). You receive an email when it is ready, and roadway reports remain available to download for 14 days.
  5. For a local police crash, request from that department. If a municipal PD or county agency investigated the crash, submit a records/OPRA request to that department's records bureau instead — in person, by mail, or through the department's own online system.

State police / highway patrol crashes

New Jersey State Police-investigated crashes (state highways, NJ Turnpike, Garden State Parkway, Atlantic City Expressway, and boat crashes) are obtained through the official NJSP Crash Reports Request portal at https://www.njportal.com/njsp/crashreports/. Select the report type, search by crash date / county / municipality (or the report/case number), pay by card ($13.00 non-toll roadway or boat; $5.00 toll road), and download the report within 14 days. Serious/fatal investigation reports, photographs, and digital media cost $20.00 and are only available once the investigation report has been completed and approved. The official NJSP site (njsp.njoag.gov) links directly to this same portal as its crash-report path.

Crashes handled by local police or sheriffs

New Jersey has NO single statewide portal for locally-investigated crashes — the NJSP njportal service covers only State Police / NJ Turnpike Authority crashes (state highways, Turnpike, Parkway, AC Expressway, boat). For a crash investigated by a municipal police department or county agency, request the report directly from that department's records bureau: file an OPRA (Open Public Records Act) request form, or request in person or by mail. Per N.J.S.A. 39:4-131, in-person copies are charged at the OPRA copy rate and mail/fax requests may add up to $5.00 for administrative costs. Some NJ departments additionally offer online purchase through third-party vendors (LexisNexis BuyCrash / crashdocs.org, or Carfax police-report portals), but there is no uniform statewide vendor for local reports — routing is agency-by-agency.

New Jersey counties (21)

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

Plus 88 statewide or specialty agencies: Bay Head Police Department, Belvidere Township Police Department, Bordentown Township Police Department, Branchburg Township Police Department, Bridgewater Township Police Department, Brooklawn Police Dept, Burlington City Police Department, Burlington County Bridge Police Department, Chesterfield Township Police Department, Cinnaminson Township Police Department, Clinton Township Police Department, Delaware River Port Authority, and more.

After you get the report

Use the report to file your auto-insurance claim and to establish fault/liability. Review it carefully for errors — driver and vehicle details, license plates, insurance information, the crash diagram, and contributing-factor codes — and ask the reporting agency to correct any mistakes, since insurers and attorneys rely on the officer's report.