How to get a car accident report in Austin, Texas
The local steps are quoted from Austin agency pages and the Texas rules from state law, each with a link. Checked September 17, 2026.
The short answer
Austin crash reports are sold online through LexisNexis, which the police department links from its own crash report page. Austin Police Department is agency code TX2270100 in that system.
An Austin crash report costs $9 to download online. That is the price the city's own Public Records Center prints for a crash report.
Online
The portal Austin uses
Austin crash reports are sold online through LexisNexis, which the police department links from its own crash report page. Austin Police Department is agency code TX2270100 in that system.
“Purchase online crash reports for the Austin Police Department jurisdiction with LexisNexis® Police Reports.”
What it costs
An Austin crash report costs $9 to download online. That is the price the city's own Public Records Center prints for a crash report.
“Crash Reports may be downloaded instantly online at a cost of $9.”
When it is ready
The Austin pages we checked on September 17, 2026 do not publish this. Ask the records office when you order it, and ask for the report number before you leave the scene.
In person or by mail
The records office
You can buy an Austin crash report in person at the police Report Sales Unit inside the Central East Substation and Forensic Center at 812 Springdale Road, open 8 am to 4 pm. For questions about Austin police records call 512-974-5499.
“Austin Police Department Report Sales Unit located at Robert Martinez Sr., Central East Substation and Forensic Center: 812 Springdale Rd, open 8 AM to 4 PM”
If no officer came to your crash
Filing it yourself
Austin does not ask you to write up your own crash report. Because police policy is to send an officer to every reported crash, you call 9-1-1 or 3-1-1 instead of filing it yourself. Austin's online reporting tool at iReportAustin.com does take a hit and run report, and if you cannot use the tool you report by phone at 3-1-1 or 512-974-2000.
“To report by phone, call Austin 3-1-1 or 512-974-2000”
What Texas requires you to file
Texas does not require the driver to separately file a written crash report with the state. That duty falls on the investigating law enforcement officer, who must file an electronic report within 10 days if the crash caused injury, death, or property damage of $1,000 or more. Texas repealed its old driver-filed report requirement in 2017.
“A law enforcement officer who in the regular course of duty investigates a motor vehicle collision shall make a written report of the collision if the collision resulted in injury to or the death of a person or damage to the property of any one person to the apparent extent of $1,000 or more. The report required by Subsection (a) must be filed electronically with the department not later than the 10th day after the date of the collision.”
If the crash was on a highway
A different agency has that report
If a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper worked your crash on a state highway instead of Austin police, do not go to the city's report counter. DPS sends you to the Texas Department of Transportation's online purchase system for the same crash report.
“You may obtain a Texas Peace Officer’s Crash Report (CR-3) (regular or certified) from the Texas Department of Transportation’s Crash Report Online Purchase System.”
Requesting a Texas state police report
You can buy a Texas Peace Officer's Crash Report (CR-3) online through the Crash Report Online Purchase System. A regular copy costs $6 and a certified copy costs $8.
“$6 for a regular copy. $8 for a certified copy”
Sources on this page
Each one was opened and checked on September 17, 2026.
- City of Austin, Purchase an APD online crash report
- City of Austin Public Records Center, How do I obtain a crash/accident report
- City of Austin Public Records Center, How do I obtain a copy of a crash report
- City of Austin, File a police report
- Texas Department of Public Safety, Public Information Requests
- Austin Police, department home page
The state law behind these steps
Each one was opened and checked on September 17, 2026.
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