How to get a car accident report in Virginia

Step by step

1. Confirm you're eligible. Virginia crash reports are restricted — only interested parties may obtain one: the driver, a passenger, an injured person, the owner of a vehicle or property involved, a personal representative of anyone involved/injured/killed, an attorney, an insurer with liability exposure, or the parent/guardian of an injured minor. Have your relationship to the crash ready to state on the form.
2. Gather the crash details. Collect the crash date and time, the crash location (street plus city/town/county), and the driver's name and driver's license number if you were involved. DMV searches on these fields rather than a report number.
3. Complete DMV Form CRD 93. Fill out the CRD 93 (Crash Report / Information Request Form), stating your involvement type and the crash details above. Download it from the DMV crash-report page.
4. Submit with the $8 fee. Send the form and $8 per report by mail to Customer Records Work Center, Room 514, Virginia DMV, P.O. Box 27412, Richmond, VA 23269; by fax to (804) 367-0390; or in person at any DMV customer service center (appointment recommended). There is no online portal.
5. Receive the report. DMV returns the report once located and refunds the $8 if no report is found. Allow time after the crash for the investigating officer's agency to file the report with DMV before requesting.

State police / highway patrol crashes

Virginia State Police-investigated crashes are obtained the same way as all others: through the Virginia DMV via Form CRD 93 ($8). VSP files its crash reports with the DMV, which holds the official record of every reportable crash in the Commonwealth. VSP's own records unit handles general records requests through FOIA (vsp.virginia.gov), but for a crash report copy it routes requesters to the DMV process — there is no separate VSP crash-report portal.

Crashes handled by local police or sheriffs

Local crashes are NOT fragmented across per-agency portals in Virginia. Reports written by city police departments and county sheriffs are filed with the central Virginia DMV, which by statute (Va. Code § 46.2-380) is the official record of all reportable crashes in the Commonwealth. Obtain any local-agency crash report through the same DMV Form CRD 93 process ($8, mail/fax/in-person). Some local departments (e.g., larger city PDs) may also provide a copy directly from their own records unit, but the DMV is the single statewide source that covers every agency, so route requesters there first.

Virginia agencies (9)

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

• Arlington County Police Department
• Chesterfield County Police Department
• Farmville Police Department
• Fauquier County Sheriff'S Office
• Norfolk Police Department
• Petersburg Police Department
• Roanoke City Police Department
• Vinton Police Department
• York-Poquoson Sheriff'S Office

After you get the report

Use the report to support an insurance claim — give your insurer the crash/report reference so they can pull the officer's findings and diagram. Also review it for errors: check the driver, vehicle, and license details, the date/time and location, the crash diagram, and any fault or contributing-factor notes. If something is wrong, contact the investigating officer or their agency to request a correction, since insurers and other parties rely on this record.