How to get a car accident report in Wisconsin
Wisconsin provides crash reports statewide through Wisconsin DOT "Purchase Crash Reports" portal (crashreports.wi.gov) — including crashes handled by local police and county sheriffs.
Official source
Wisconsin DOT "Purchase Crash Reports" portal (crashreports.wi.gov)
Official Wisconsin crash-report source — $6.00 per report (WisDOT flat fee; the price is shown only at checkout after a report matches — NOT displayed pre-purchase, so it could not be independently confirmed live this session). Covers agencies statewide.
Open the official portal→Source: Wisconsin — Wisconsin DOT "Purchase Crash Reports" portal (crashreports.wi.gov). Checked 2026-07-24. Details can change — always confirm with the official source.
Step by step
- Wait for the report to be filed. Officer crash reports (the DT4000 uniform report) are available once the investigating agency completes and submits them to WisDOT — typically 10 business days or more after the crash. Reports stay available for 4 years from the crash date.
- Open the WisDOT crash portal. Go to https://crashreports.wi.gov — the State of Wisconsin Department of Transportation "Purchase Crash Reports" site (operated by Tyler Technologies). Use a desktop/laptop with a PDF viewer for best results.
- Search for your report. Choose one search path: enter the crash Document Number, OR enter the crash Date plus a Wisconsin Driver License Number of a person involved in the crash.
- Pay the fee and download. Pay by credit/debit card (about $6 per report). After payment the PDF is immediately available to print or download (multiple reports can download individually or as a zip). Reports are never emailed, faxed, mailed, or picked up at a DMV office.
- Retrieve a lost purchase if needed. If you already bought a report, use the "Reissue Reports" link with your Order Id from the "Payment Confirmation for ONLINE CRASH REPORTS" email plus the original search criteria to re-download it.
State police / highway patrol crashes
Wisconsin State Patrol (WSP) crash reports are obtained the same way as any other — through the statewide WisDOT portal at https://crashreports.wi.gov — because the State Patrol files its DT4000 uniform crash reports with WisDOT just like local agencies. There is no separate State Patrol-only crash-report portal; search by Document Number or by crash Date + Wisconsin Driver License Number.
Crashes handled by local police or sheriffs
Wisconsin is a true single-portal (bucket A) state: crashes investigated by LOCAL city police departments and county sheriffs are obtained from the SAME statewide WisDOT portal (https://crashreports.wi.gov), not agency-by-agency. This works because Wis. Stat. § 346.70(4) requires every investigating law-enforcement agency to forward its uniform crash report (DT4000) to WisDOT within 10 days, making WisDOT the central repository for essentially all reportable crashes. As an alternative, you may also request a copy directly from the investigating agency's records/records-management division (many local PDs and sheriff's offices provide their own copies, sometimes at a different or lower fee), but the state portal is the canonical path.
Wisconsin agencies (42)
Pick the agency that responded to your crash for its exact request process:
- Altoona Police Department
- Beloit Police Department
- Cascade Police Department
- Cashton Police Department
- Cleveland Police Department
- Dunn County Sheriff
- Eau Claire Police Department
- Edgerton Police Department
- Fitchburg Police Department
- Fox Lake Wi Pd - Hq
- Fox Valley Police Department
- Gibraltar Police Department
- Grafton Police Department
- Green Bay Police Department
- Hartford Police Department
- Hobart-Lawrence Police Department
- Hustisford Police Department
- Jackson Police Department Wi
- Jefferson Police Department
- Kenosha County Sheriff'S Department
- Kenosha Police Department
- La Crosse Police Department
- Lancaster Police Department
- Marathon Police Department
- Marshfield Police Department
- Menasha Police Department
- Menomonie Police Department
- Milwaukee Police Department
- Oak Creek Police Department
- Oshkosh Police Department
- Pleasant Prairie Police Department
- Racine Police Department
- Rice Lake Police Department
- Sheboygan Police Department
- Stratford Police Department
- Sun Prairie Police Department
- Suring Police Department
- Viroqua Police Department
- Washington Island Police Department
- Waukesha Police Department
- West Allis Police Department
- West Milwaukee Police Department
After you get the report
Use the report to open or support your insurance claim — it carries the crash date, location, involved drivers/vehicles, insurers, and the officer's narrative/diagram and any citations. Review it carefully for errors (misspelled names, wrong plate/VIN, incorrect insurance company, or mis-coded fault/contributing factors), since insurers and attorneys rely on these details; if something is wrong, contact the investigating law-enforcement agency that wrote the report to request a correction. Note that the report cannot be used as evidence at a civil or criminal trial (Wis. Stat. § 346.70(4)), but it is fully usable for insurance and personal record purposes.