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How to get a Maine crash report
Copies come from Maine State Police Traffic Division, through the InforME Maine Crash Reporting Online Search & Ordering Service. Request one at apps1.web.maine.gov. Search is free; $10.00 per report ordered (non-refundable $10.00 for a manual search). Agencies' reports are downloaded daily; once the report is in the database you should receive it within 24 hours of the search. If not found, try again in a few days.
Checked against the official pages on October 2, 2026
The statewide copy
| Who has it | Maine State Police Traffic Division, through the InforME Maine Crash Reporting Online Search & Ordering Service |
|---|---|
| Where to request it | apps1.web.maine.gov |
| Covers | Reportable crashes sent in by Maine law enforcement agencies (database starts January 1, 2003; 1976-2002 on microfilm). Non-reportable crashes and ATV/snowmobile crashes handled by the Maine Warden Service are not in it. |
| Cost | Search is free; $10.00 per report ordered (non-refundable $10.00 for a manual search) |
| Usually ready | Agencies' reports are downloaded daily; once the report is in the database you should receive it within 24 hours of the search. If not found, try again in a few days. |
| What you need | Search online for the crash; the FAQ does not list the exact search fields |
| Who can get a copy | "Anyone who would like to purchase the report can do so." |
| By mail | Request form from the service home page mailed to Maine State Police Traffic Division, State House Station #20, Augusta, ME 04333-0020 (microfilm-era requests answered in five days or less). Phone (207) 624-8944; mcrs_response@maine.gov. |
Reports taken by city police or a sheriff
For a non-reportable crash, ask the police department or sheriff called to the scene: "Please contact the department called to the scene. An incident report should be on file at that office." Some sheriffs' offices also sell reports directly (Hancock County: $15.00).
The form
Officers in Maine write crash reports on the Maine 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:
When you must call the police
Immediately, if anyone is injured or killed or apparent property damage is $2,000 or more (a 'reportable accident' on a public way or where public traffic may reasonably be anticipated) (29-A M.R.S. 2251(1)-(2))
After you have the report
Maine gives you six years to file a personal injury lawsuit (Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 14, § 752). Every Maine deadline and fault rule.
Maine is an at-fault state: the driver who caused the crash, through their liability insurance, pays for the injuries and damage.
811 people died in crashes in Maine 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 Maine. Both take under a minute.
Questions
How much does a Maine crash report cost?
Search is free; $10.00 per report ordered (non-refundable $10.00 for a manual search), from Maine State Police Traffic Division, through the InforME Maine Crash Reporting Online Search & Ordering Service. 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 Maine?
Agencies' reports are downloaded daily; once the report is in the database you should receive it within 24 hours of the search. If not found, try again in a few days. The officer has to finish and submit the report before it can be sold.
Are Maine crash reports public?
"Anyone who would like to purchase the report can do so."
Sources
- Statewide crash reports: apps.web.maine.gov/online/mcrs/faq.html
Maine FAQ: "WHO CAN GET A COPY OF A CRASH REPORT? Anyone who would like to purchase the report can do so." "Search: FREE Order: $10 (Per Report)". "The investigating agency may not have submitted the crash report to the Maine State Police Traffic Division. Try again in a few days. Reports are downloaded daily." "If the information you provide regarding the crash is correct and the report is in the database you should receive the crash report within 24 hours of the search."
- Request portal: apps1.web.maine.gov/online/mcrs/
- Local police and sheriff reports: apps.web.maine.gov/online/mcrs/faq.html
- Crash report codes: apps.web.maine.gov/online/mcrs/code_sheet.html
- Driver report duty (29-A M.R.S. 2251(2) and (4)): legislature.maine.gov/statutes/29-a/title29-Asec2251.html
29-A §2251(4): "A law enforcement officer who investigates a reportable accident shall: A. Interview participants and witnesses; and B. Within 5 days from the time of notification of the accident, transmit an electronic report or the original writt[en report]".
- When to call police (29-A M.R.S. 2251(1)-(2)): legislature.maine.gov/statutes/29-a/title29-Asec2251.html
"'reportable accident' means an accident on a public way or a place where public traffic may reasonably be anticipated, resulting in bodily injury or death to a person or apparent property damage of $2,000 or more." "A reportable accident must be reported immediately by the quickest means of communication to a state police officer, or to the nearest state police field office, or to the sheriff's office, or to a deputy sheriff, within the county in which the accident occurred, or to the office of the police department, or to an officer, of the municipality in which the accident occurred."
Read October 2, 2026. Laws and fees change; the linked page is the authority.