How to get a car accident report in Mississippi
Every rule below is quoted from Mississippi law or a state agency, with a link. Checked September 17, 2026.
The short answer
You can buy a copy of a Mississippi Uniform Crash Report online through the Department of Public Safety. Only a person involved in the crash, their next of kin or estate representative, a legal representative, or an insurer or its representative may obtain a copy. If the crash hurt or killed someone, or caused $500 or more in property damage, the driver must immediately notify police, the sheriff, or the highway patrol.
Which agency has your report
The report comes from the agency whose officer came to the crash. On interstates and state highways that is usually the state police or highway patrol. On city streets it is the city police, and outside city limits it is often the county sheriff. Ask the officer for the report number before you leave the scene.
Requesting a state police crash report
You can buy a copy of a Mississippi Uniform Crash Report online through the Department of Public Safety. Only a person involved in the crash, their next of kin or estate representative, a legal representative, or an insurer or its representative may obtain a copy.
“Mississippi Code Ann. § 63-3-417 prohibits any other person or entity from acquiring a Mississippi Uniform Crash Report”
Your reporting duties
When you must report to police
If the crash hurt or killed someone, or caused $500 or more in property damage, the driver must immediately notify police, the sheriff, or the highway patrol.
“The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person or total property damage to an apparent extent of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or more shall immediately, by the quickest means of communication, give notice of the collision to the local police department if the collision occurs within an incorporated municipality, or if the collision occurs outside of an incorporated municipality to the nearest sheriff's office or highway patrol station.”
Whether you must file your own report
Mississippi does not require the driver to separately mail a written crash report to a state agency. Instead, the investigating officer files the paperwork with the Department of Public Safety, and a driver is only required to file a supplemental report if the department specifically asks for one.
“The department may require any driver of a vehicle involved in an accident, of which report must be made as provided in this section, to file supplemental reports whenever the original report is insufficient in the opinion of the department.”
Sources on this page
Each one was opened and checked on September 17, 2026.
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