How to get a car accident report in New Jersey
Every rule below is quoted from New Jersey law or a state agency, with a link. Checked September 17, 2026.
The short answer
Order a State Police crash report online through the NJSP crash report portal. Non toll road and boat crash reports cost $13, toll road reports cost $5, and serious or fatal crash investigation reports cost $20. The crash report must be completed and approved before it can be found in the system. You must report a crash right away to the local police, county police, or State Police if anyone is injured or killed, or if the property damage is more than $500.
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
Order a State Police crash report online through the NJSP crash report portal. Non toll road and boat crash reports cost $13, toll road reports cost $5, and serious or fatal crash investigation reports cost $20. The crash report must be completed and approved before it can be found in the system.
“Non-Toll Road Crash Reports and Boat Crash Reports cost $13.00.”
Your reporting duties
When you must report to police
You must report a crash right away to the local police, county police, or State Police if anyone is injured or killed, or if the property damage is more than $500.
“The driver of a vehicle or street car involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person, or damage to property of any one person in excess of $500.00 shall by the quickest means of communication give notice of such accident to the local police department or to the nearest office of the county police of the county or of the State Police”
Whether you must file your own report
The same law also requires the driver to send a written report of the crash to the Motor Vehicle Commission within 10 days, on the commission's forms. In practice this is the SR-1 self reporting form, used mainly when police did not investigate the crash.
“shall within 10 days after such accident forward a written report of such accident to the commission on forms furnished by it”
Sources on this page
Each one was opened and checked on September 17, 2026.
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