How to get a Georgia crash report
Most Georgia crash reports can be requested through the Georgia Department of Transportation. Reports written by the Georgia State Patrol can also be requested from the Department of Public Safety. Start by finding out which agency investigated.
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1. Find out which agency wrote the report
The officer who responded may have given you a card or slip with the agency name and a report number. It could be a city police department, a county sheriff's office or the Georgia State Patrol. Knowing the agency and number makes every request faster.
2. Request the report through GDOT
The GDOT Crash Reporting page explains that police crash reports are available through BuyCrash, a third-party service GDOT links to, or by mailing GDOT's request form. Both options start from that GDOT page, which also lists GDOT's Crash Reporting Unit contact.
The same page offers a crash data dashboard. That dashboard shows statewide and local crash statistics; it is not where you get the report for your own crash.
3. If the Georgia State Patrol investigated
The Department of Public Safety open-records page says you may contact a local State Patrol post or the DPS Open Records Unit for a State Patrol crash report. DPS offers an open-records request form to help it find the record and says its use is not required. For crash reports written by other agencies, DPS points you to GDOT's Crash Reporting Unit.
The DPS page also notes that Georgia law limits who may obtain a crash report, and that open-records requests may be billed. Read the current fee and eligibility information on that page before you send a request.
What to have ready
DPS lists these details for an open-records request. They are useful for any crash report request.
- Your full name, mailing address and a phone number
- The names of the people involved in the crash
- The Georgia county or city where it happened
- The date of the crash
- The report or incident number, if the officer gave you one
- Which records you want (the crash report, or other records such as photographs)
Keep the report private
A crash report can contain names, addresses, license details and insurance information. Store it somewhere private and do not post it online. This site never asks you to upload it.
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