How to get a car accident report in Wyoming

Step by step

1. Gather the identifying details. Collect what WYDOT Highway Safety needs to locate the report: the case number (if you have it), the law-enforcement agency that worked the crash, the name and date of birth of a person involved, the date of the crash, the VIN of a vehicle involved, and your own email address and phone number.
2. Choose a request channel. There is no online portal. Request the report one of three ways: by phone to Highway Safety at (307) 777-4450; by email to crash.records@wyo.gov; or by mail (or in person) to Wyoming Department of Transportation, Attention: Highway Safety, 5300 Bishop Blvd., Cheyenne, WY 82009.
3. State how you want it delivered and confirm the fee. Specify whether you want the report as a paper copy, by email, or by fax. Because WYDOT does not publish the copy fee online, ask Highway Safety for the current cost and payment method when you submit the request.
4. Submit — the same office serves every WY agency. WYDOT's Office of Data Quality Control & Assurance is the statewide 'keeper' and collects crash reports from ALL Wyoming law-enforcement agencies, so you use this one channel whether the crash was worked by the Highway Patrol, a city police department, or a county sheriff.
5. Receive the report and review it. Once processed, you receive the report in your chosen format. Read it immediately and check every detail for errors before relying on it for a claim.

State police / highway patrol crashes

Wyoming Highway Patrol crash reports are held by the same central WYDOT repository as all others. WHP's own public-records page directs crash-report requests to WYDOT Highway Safety — request by phone (307) 777-4450, by email crash.records@wyo.gov, or by mail to Wyoming Department of Transportation, Attn: Highway Safety, 5300 Bishop Blvd., Cheyenne, WY 82009. (General, non-crash WHP public records go through the WHP NextRequest portal at wyhighwaypatrol.nextrequest.com, but crash reports specifically route to WYDOT Highway Safety.)

Crashes handled by local police or sheriffs

Statewide central — no agency-by-agency hunt and no third-party vendor. WYDOT's Office of Data Quality Control & Assurance collects crash reports from ALL Wyoming law-enforcement agencies (city police, county sheriffs, and the Highway Patrol), so a crash worked by a LOCAL agency is requested through the SAME WYDOT Highway Safety channel: phone (307) 777-4450, email crash.records@wyo.gov, or mail/in-person at 5300 Bishop Blvd., Cheyenne, WY 82009. No LexisNexis BuyCrash or Carfax crashdocs portal operates in Wyoming. The originating local agency may also keep and release its own copy, but the WYDOT central repository is the catch-all that covers every agency.

After you get the report

Use the report to file your auto-insurance claim and to document the facts (parties, vehicles, date/location, the officer's narrative and diagram). Read it carefully and check for errors — misspelled names, a wrong VIN or plate, an incorrect date/location, or a mistaken contributing-factor/fault entry — and ask the investigating agency to correct any mistakes, since insurers rely heavily on the report. Note that under Wyoming law the report is inadmissible as evidence of negligence at trial (W.S. 31-5-1110(c), 31-9-209), so it supports an insurance claim but is not, by itself, courtroom proof of fault.