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How to get a Florida crash report

Copies come from Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV), Florida Crash Portal. Request one at services.flhsmv.gov. Cost: $10.00 per report (section 321.23, Florida Statutes) plus a $2.00 convenience fee per online transaction. Reports may take up to 10 days to become available. For the first 60 days after the report is filed it is confidential and released only to the people listed in section 316.066(2).

Checked against the official pages on October 2, 2026

The statewide copy

Who has it	Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV), Florida Crash Portal
Where to request it	services.flhsmv.gov
Covers	Statewide: FLHSMV calls itself "the state's official repository for crash records" (reports from FHP and local agencies)
Cost	$10.00 per report (section 321.23, Florida Statutes) plus a $2.00 convenience fee per online transaction
Usually ready	Reports may take up to 10 days to become available. For the first 60 days after the report is filed it is confidential and released only to the people listed in section 316.066(2).
What you need	Online: you must state which statutory exemption applies and give your driver license number, and attest under penalty of perjury. By mail or in person: a signed statement (HSMV 94010 Sworn Statement for Crash Report).
Who can get a copy	For the first 60 days after a report is filed: the people involved, their lawyers and insurers, and the others listed in FS 316.066(2)(b). After 60 days it may be released to those people or to anyone with a permissible use under the federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act. You need photo ID and a sworn statement.
By mail	Signed statement plus check or money order to "FLHSMV" mailed to Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Crash Records, 2900 Apalachee Parkway, MS 28, Tallahassee, FL 32399. Processing is 4-6 weeks. Requests for 10 or fewer reports can be handled at the nearest FHP Troop Station.

Reports taken by city police or a sheriff

Police and sheriff reports go to FLHSMV, so the Florida Crash Portal also sells them. Agencies must submit reports to FLHSMV, and FLHSMV counts a report as timely when received within ten days of the crash.

The form

Officers in Florida write crash reports on the Florida Traffic Crash Report (Long Form / Short Form); driver self-report is HSMV 90011S. Most boxes on it hold numeric codes for things like contributing factors, injuries and road conditions. The state publishes the key to those codes:

The official code sheet

Your own report to the state

Yes, in some cases: you were in a crash with damage to a vehicle or other property that does not require a law enforcement report (no officer wrote one, and it does not meet the notify-police criteria). Deadline: 10 days after the crash. Form HSMV 90011S, filed with FLHSMV (email SelfReportCrashes@flhsmv.gov or mail to 2900 Apalachee Pkwy, MS 28, Tallahassee, FL 32399). (FS 316.066(1)(e), as quoted on form HSMV 90011S)

City police and sheriff reports in Florida

Agency	Covers	Cost
Broward Sheriff's Office	Fort Lauderdale	No charge for electronic requests that can be fulfilled in under 15 minutes
Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office	Tampa	$10.00 per report
Jacksonville Sheriff's Office	Jacksonville	Traffic Crash, Offense, Arrest or Other Report: $.15 for a single page or $.20 for a two-sided page
Miami Police Department	Miami
Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office (formerly Miami-Dade Police Department)	Doral	15 cents per single-sided page, 20 cents per double-sided page
Orange County Sheriff's Office	Orlando	$10.00 per report
Orlando Police Department	Orlando	$10.00 per crash report
Pinellas County Sheriff's Office	Largo	Free: "You may save the file at no charge."
Tampa Police Department	Tampa	$12.00 online through the Florida Crash Portal

When you must call the police

Immediately, if anyone is injured or killed or apparent damage to any vehicle or property is at least $2,000. FLHSMV's crash page also lists hit and run, DUI, a vehicle needing a wrecker, commercial vehicles and (in its text) $500 damage. (FS 316.065(1) (2026 Florida Statutes))

After you have the report

Florida gives you two years to file a personal injury lawsuit (Fla. Stat. § 95.11(5)(a)). Every Florida deadline and fault rule.

Florida is a no-fault state: your own personal injury protection (PIP) pays first, with at least $10,000 (medical and disability), plus $5,000 death benefit required, and you can sue the other driver only past the state's threshold. Get your first medical care within 14 days of the crash, or PIP will not pay your medical benefits.

17,131 people died in crashes in Florida from 2020 to 2024 (NHTSA FARS). See the record for your county.

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Questions

How much does a Florida crash report cost?

$10.00 per report (section 321.23, Florida Statutes) plus a $2.00 convenience fee per online transaction, from Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV), Florida Crash Portal. Reports taken by a city police department or sheriff may be priced differently by that agency.

How long does it take to get a crash report in Florida?

Reports may take up to 10 days to become available. For the first 60 days after the report is filed it is confidential and released only to the people listed in section 316.066(2). The officer has to finish and submit the report before it can be sold.

Are Florida crash reports public?

For the first 60 days after a report is filed: the people involved, their lawyers and insurers, and the others listed in FS 316.066(2)(b). After 60 days it may be released to those people or to anyone with a permissible use under the federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act. You need photo ID and a sworn statement.

Do I have to file my own crash report in Florida?

Sources

Statewide crash reports: www.flhsmv.gov/traffic-crash-reports/
FLHSMV: "FLHSMV is the state's official repository for crash records." "Traffic crash reports may take up to 10 days to become available." "The fee for crash reports is $10.00 per report, per section 321.23, Florida Statutes. ... A convenience fee of $2.00 will be applied to each total transaction through the Florida Crash Portal." "Processing time to receive the record is 4-6 weeks." FS 316.066(2)(a): crash reports "are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) ... for a period of 60 days after the date the report is filed." FAQ: "After sixty-days, all crash reports are public record and can …
Request portal: services.flhsmv.gov/crashreportpurchasing/
Local police and sheriff reports: www.flhsmv.gov/courts-enforcement/about-crash-records-and-crash-reporting/freque
Crash report codes: fdotwww.blob.core.windows.net/sitefinity/docs/default-source/safety/11a-safetyen
Driver report duty (FS 316.066(1)(e), as quoted on form HSMV 90011S): www.flhsmv.gov/pdf/forms/90011s.pdf
Form HSMV 90011S: "Effective July 1, 2012, Section 316.066(1)(e), Florida Statute, requires that 'The driver of a vehicle that was in any manner involved in a crash resulting in damage to a vehicle or other property which does not require a law enforcement report shall, within 10 days after the crash, submit a written report of the crash to the department. The report shall be submitted on a form approved by the department.'"
When to call police (FS 316.065(1) (2026 Florida Statutes)): www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0300-0399/03
"The driver of a vehicle involved in a crash resulting in injury to or death of any persons or damage to any vehicle or other property in an apparent amount of at least $2,000 shall immediately by the quickest means of communication give notice of the crash to the local police department, if such crash occurs within a municipality; otherwise, to the office of the county sheriff or the nearest office or station of the Florida Highway Patrol."

Read October 2, 2026. Laws and fees change; the linked page is the authority.