How to Get a Crash Report in Nevada
In Nevada, you get a copy of your crash report from the law enforcement agency that investigated the crash. If that was the Nevada Highway Patrol, contact the local Highway Patrol office for the area where the crash happened.1,2
Last verified: October 9, 2026, against the official sources linked below.
This is general information, not legal advice. Fees and timelines can change, so check with the agency named here before you request a report or pay.
Who keeps crash reports
Nevada's Records, Communications and Compliance Division doesn't keep traffic accident reports. It tells you to get a copy from the law enforcement agency that investigated the crash.1
For a Nevada Highway Patrol accident report, the Nevada Department of Public Safety (DPS) says to contact the local Highway Patrol office for the area where the crash happened.2
How to request a copy
If the Nevada Highway Patrol investigated your crash, contact the local Highway Patrol office for the area where it happened. The Nevada DPS records request page lists phone numbers for the Las Vegas Area, Reno Area and Elko Area offices. Look under its Nevada Highway Patrol Accident Reports heading.2
If a local law enforcement agency investigated instead, ask that agency for a copy.1
What it costs
The Nevada DPS records request page says requests for DPS public records may carry charges. Its general fee schedule is the actual cost of providing the records, such as ink, toner, paper, media and postage.2
If city police or a sheriff handled the crash
Ask the agency that investigated your crash for a copy. Nevada's state records division tells people to get accident report copies from the law enforcement agency that investigated.1
Do you need to file your own report?
When law enforcement investigates a crash, the officer sends the Nevada DMV your insurance information. The officer also sends a description of the damage or injuries.3
If law enforcement didn't investigate your crash at the scene, you may need to file your own report with the DMV. The form is the SR-1. The Nevada Driver Handbook says you must file it if the crash caused $750 or more in damages or anyone was injured. The DMV forms page lists the conditions as injury, death or more than $750 damage. Either way, you have 10 days from the crash.3,4,5
When an SR-1 is required, you must complete it if you were the driver or the registered owner of the vehicle. You can get the form at any DMV office, from the Nevada Highway Patrol or a local law enforcement agency, or on the DMV website.3
Fill in the information for every driver and vehicle involved. The DMV can't accept or process the report otherwise, and it won't keep an SR-1 that's incomplete or doesn't meet the requirements of NRS 484E.070. If there were more than two vehicles, put the extra driver and vehicle details on a separate page.5
Attach a copy of the insurance that covered the vehicle on the date of the crash. Otherwise the SR-1 is void. If the crash caused injury or death, also include a doctor's statement of injury for each person injured in your vehicle.5
If any one person had $750 or more in vehicle or property damage, attach an estimate of repairs or a statement of total loss. It must come from one of these: an established repair garage, an insurance adjuster employed by an insurer licensed to do business in Nevada, an adjuster licensed under NRS Chapter 684A or an appraiser licensed under NRS Chapter 684B.5
Sign the SR-1 on page 2. An unsigned SR-1 is void. Attach the required documents. Then mail the form to the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles, Central Services Division, Financial Responsibility Section, 555 Wright Way, Carson City, NV 89711-0400.3,5
Completing an SR-1 authorizes the DMV to release your name, mailing address and insurance information to the other parties in the crash or to their insurer.5
If you don't report a crash to the DMV, your driver license, your vehicle registration or both may be suspended. If the DMV asks you for an SR-1 and you don't send it, your driving privilege may be suspended for up to one year.3,5
The SR-1 warns that if insurance wasn't in effect on the date of the crash, your driving privilege and registration may be suspended under NRS Chapter 485. It also warns about false information. Anyone who completes the form knowing or having reason to believe the information is false is guilty of a gross misdemeanor under NRS 484E.080.5
The DMV also has Form DLD-68, the Failure to Report a Vehicle Crash Affidavit. On it, you swear that you did not willfully fail to report the crash to the DMV's Central Services, Financial Responsibility section.6
What we couldn't confirm
- We couldn't confirm from an official source whether you can request a Nevada Highway Patrol crash report online, by mail or in person. We also couldn't confirm what details you need to give. Ask the Highway Patrol office for the area of your crash.
- We couldn't confirm the fee for a Nevada Highway Patrol crash report from an official source. Check with the Highway Patrol office before you pay.
- We couldn't confirm from an official source how soon after a crash a report is ready. Ask the investigating agency.
- We couldn't confirm from an official source who can get a copy of a Nevada Highway Patrol crash report. Ask the Highway Patrol office.
- We didn't check how city police departments and county sheriffs in Nevada handle report requests or what they charge. Check with the agency directly.