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How to get a Kansas crash report

Copies come from Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) Records Department, General Headquarters, Topeka. Request one at kansashighwaypatrol.govqa.us. Cost: $5.00 per crash report; $2.00 per witness statement.

Checked against the official pages on October 2, 2026

The statewide copy

Who has itKansas Highway Patrol (KHP) Records Department, General Headquarters, Topeka
Where to request itkansashighwaypatrol.govqa.us
CoversCrash reports KHP wrote. KHP and KDOT are moving all agencies to the Kansas Crash Data System (KCDS); no statewide public purchase portal for all agencies was found.
Cost$5.00 per crash report; $2.00 per witness statement
What you needAs much as you can give: case number, date of incident, location, and names of those involved (online: Kansas.gov account plus name, case number, date)
By mailWritten request to the Records Department, Kansas Highway Patrol, General Headquarters, 122 SW 7th Street, Topeka, KS 66603 (or in person, or through the Records Portal). Phone 785-296-6800.

Reports taken by city police or a sheriff

Crashes taken by city police departments and county sheriffs are requested from that agency; KHP only releases its own reports. (No official statewide statement found; see open questions.)

The form

Officers in Kansas write crash reports on the Kansas Motor Vehicle Crash Report. 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

When you must call the police

If no officer is present, the driver (or an occupant 18 or older) must report at once if there is apparent property damage of $1,000 or more, anyone is injured or killed, or the other people involved are not there or not able to receive your information (K.S.A. 8-1604(b))

After you have the report

Kansas gives you two years to file a personal injury lawsuit (Kan. Stat. Ann. § 60-513(a)(4)). Every Kansas deadline and fault rule.

Kansas is a no-fault state: your own personal injury protection (PIP) pays first, with at least $4,500 in medical benefits (plus other PIP benefits at statutory limits) required, and you can sue the other driver only past the state's threshold.

1,985 people died in crashes in Kansas from 2020 to 2024 (NHTSA FARS). See the record for your county.

Check your deadline and a rough claim range

A filing date and a rough value range for Kansas. Both take under a minute.

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Questions

How much does a Kansas crash report cost?

$5.00 per crash report; $2.00 per witness statement, from Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) Records Department, General Headquarters, Topeka. Reports taken by a city police department or sheriff may be priced differently by that agency.

Sources

  1. Statewide crash reports: kansashighwaypatrol.gov/find-a-troop/troop-location-map/general-headquarters/leg
    KHP: "Copies of records can be ordered using the Records Portal link below, in person, or by written request to the Records Department at General Headquarters. When requesting records please provide as much information as you can. This would include case number, date of incident, location, names of those involved". "A fee of $5.00 will be assessed for crash reports and $2.00 per witness statement." Kansas.gov: "Accident information such as: Name, Case Number, Date, etc. needed to retrieve the documents requested."
  2. Request portal: kansashighwaypatrol.govqa.us/WEBAPP/_RS/SUPPORTHOME.ASPX
  3. Local police and sheriff reports: kansashighwaypatrol.gov/find-a-troop/troop-location-map/general-headquarters/leg
  4. Crash report codes: www.ksdot.gov/about/our-organization/divisions/transportation-safety/safety-data
  5. Driver report duty (K.S.A. 8-1606 (repealed L. 2011, ch. 80, sec. 5); K.S.A. 8-1604(b)): ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch08/008_016_0006.html
    K.S.A. 8-1606 history line: "Repealed, L. 2011, ch. 80, § 5; July 1."
  6. When to call police (K.S.A. 8-1604(b)): ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch08/008_016_0004.html
    "If no police officer is present, the driver of any vehicle involved in such accident, or any occupant of such vehicle 18 years of age or older, shall immediately report such accident, by the quickest available means of communication, to the nearest office of a duly authorized police authority if: (1) There is apparently property damage of $1,000 or more; (2) any person involved in the accident is injured or killed; or (3) the persons specified in subsection (a) are not present or in condition to receive such information."

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