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How to get a Virginia crash report
Copies come from Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (Customer Records Work Center). Request one at dmv.virginia.gov. The fee is not stated on the official page.
Checked against the official pages on October 2, 2026
The statewide copy
| Who has it | Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (Customer Records Work Center) |
|---|---|
| Where to request it | dmv.virginia.gov |
| Covers | Reportable police crash reports (FR300P) from all Virginia agencies (death, injury, or $3,000+ damage), held by DMV in the TREDS system; DMV is the official record keeper |
| What you need | Written request or Information Request Form (CRD-93) with your crash involvement, crash date and time, crash location, driver name (if not you), and your driver's license number if involved; report mailed by first class mail |
| Who can get a copy | Persons involved in the crash or their authorized representatives: driver, passenger, injured person, owner of the vehicle or property, personal representative, attorney, insurer representative, parent or guardian of an injured minor |
| By mail | Written request or Form CRD-93 plus check or money order (no cash or card by mail) to Customer Records Work Center, Room 514, Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, P.O. Box 27412, Richmond, VA 23269; or fax (804) 367-0390 with the Records Payment Authorization (DMS 004); or in person at a customer service center |
Reports taken by city police or a sheriff
Local police do not sell reportable crash reports filed through TREDS; Fairfax County Police say all reportable crashes after May 1, 2017 are only available through Virginia DMV, while non-reportable crash reports (under $3,000, hit and run on public property) come from the police department.
The form: FR300P
Officers in Virginia write crash reports on the Virginia Police Crash Report (FR300P). Most boxes on it hold numeric codes for things like contributing factors, injuries and road conditions. The state publishes the key to those codes:
After you have the report
Virginia gives you two years to file a personal injury lawsuit (Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-243(A)). Every Virginia deadline and fault rule.
Virginia is an at-fault state: the driver who caused the crash, through their liability insurance, pays for the injuries and damage.
4,660 people died in crashes in Virginia 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 Virginia. Both take under a minute.
Questions
Are Virginia crash reports public?
Persons involved in the crash or their authorized representatives: driver, passenger, injured person, owner of the vehicle or property, personal representative, attorney, insurer representative, parent or guardian of an injured minor
Sources
- Statewide crash reports: www.dmv.virginia.gov/records/request-police-crash-report
DMV will release a complete crash report to persons involved in the crash or their authorized representatives. | The fee is $8 per crash report requested. DMV will return your fee if we do not find a report. | By Mail: Check or money order only | DMV will send your requested documents by U.S. Postal Service first class mail. | The DMV maintains the official record of all reportable crashes occurring within the Commonwealth and is responsible for the dissemination of these reports. (Fairfax County Police)
- Local police and sheriff reports: www.fairfaxcounty.gov/police/central-records
- FR300P codes: www.treds.virginia.gov/UI/Training/Docs/FR300%20Manual.pdf
- Driver report duty (Va. Code 46.2-372(A); 46.2-373(A)): law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title46.2/chapter3/section46.2-372/
A. Any person involved in an accident (i) resulting in injury to or death of any person or property damage, or (ii) when there is reason to believe a motor vehicle involved in the accident was uninsured at the time of the accident, may make a written report of it to the Commissioner, on a form prescribed by the Department.
- When to call police (Va. Code 46.2-894; 46.2-373(A)): law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title46.2/chapter8/section46.2-894/
The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident in which a person is killed or injured or in which an attended vehicle or other attended property is damaged shall immediately stop as close to the scene of the accident as possible without obstructing traffic ... and report his name, address, driver's license number, and vehicle registration number forthwith to the State Police or local law-enforcement agency, to the person struck and injured if such person appears to be capable of understanding and retaining the information, or to the driver or some other occupant of the vehicle collided with…
Read October 2, 2026. Laws and fees change; the linked page is the authority.