How to Get Your Car Crash Report in Las Vegas

Kathleen Gallagher · June 18, 2026 · 8‑min read · Leer en español

Getting your car crash report in Las Vegas starts with one question: which police agency came to the scene? The Las Vegas Valley is covered by four different agencies, and each one releases its reports through a different system, with its own fee, its own waiting period and its own paperwork, so a general search for “police report Las Vegas” often lands you on the wrong portal or on a third-party site that charges for a search you could do yourself. This guide walks through the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD), the Henderson Police Department, the North Las Vegas Police Department and the Nevada Highway Patrol, with each agency’s fee, timeline and official request link. Those details change, so confirm them on the agency’s page before you pay.

Need your Las Vegas accident report? If we represent you for your injury claim, we will obtain it for you. Tracking down the right agency, the right portal and the right report number is one more thing to deal with while you are hurt, and it is something we handle for every client, so call (702) 381-3770 or contact Gallagher & Lipshutz before you spend an afternoon on it.

The officer’s business card, the citation, the information exchange sheet, the tow receipt or your insurance paperwork will usually show the agency name and an event or crash number. Photograph whatever you have, because every agency will ask for some or all of the following:

• The event, crash or report number
• The date and time of the crash
• The location, including the nearest cross street or mile marker
• The names of the people involved
• The license plate numbers
• Your own name, date of birth and a valid photo identification

If you have no number at all, gather the crash date, the approximate time, the street or highway and nearest cross street, and the names and vehicle descriptions, and call the likely records unit before paying any website to search for you. Filing a new report yourself through an agency’s online reporting form is not the same as ordering the traffic collision report an officer wrote at the scene, and this guide covers the second one, which is the document your insurance company and any lawyer will want.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department covers the City of Las Vegas and most of unincorporated Clark County, which includes the Strip, Summerlin, Spring Valley, Enterprise and Paradise. A person involved in the crash can request an LVMPD traffic collision report three ways:

• Online through LVMPD’s request form, which is the fastest route
• In person at LVMPD headquarters, 400 S. Martin Luther King Boulevard, Building C, or at any area command station
• By mail using LVMPD’s mail request form

LVMPD’s official page for requesting report copies, with the online form and the mail form, can be found here.

For LVMPD crash reports, you must wait up to 10 business days after the crash before the report is available. The fee for a traffic collision report is $13, and it is not refunded if the report cannot be released to you. Have the LVMPD event number if you can, plus full name and date of birth, a phone number and email, the names of the other people involved, the date and time, the location and the plate number. Most traffic reports are delivered by email through a secure link, and if you choose pickup you have 30 days from the notice to collect it. If someone else is requesting the report for you, LVMPD requires a notarized letter of authorization and a copy of your identification.

There are two ways to get a Henderson Police Department crash report online, and they do not cost the same:

• LexisNexis provides closed Henderson traffic accident reports free of charge; to order from LexisNexis, go here.
• CrashDocs also carries Henderson reports for $10; to order from CrashDocs, go here.

Try the free LexisNexis route first.

Whichever route you use, have the report number (Henderson numbers look like 26-12345), your name, the other people’s names, the date and time and the location. Henderson reports are available 10 business days after the crash, and a crash that is still under investigation will not be released until the case is closed, so a report that does not appear after that may simply not be finished yet. If you would rather go in person, the records unit at 223 Lead Street asks you to call (702) 267-4700 first to confirm the report is ready.

North Las Vegas Police Department accident reports are sold online through LexisNexis BuyCrash for $5 per report; to order from LexisNexis, go here. Reports are available 10 business days after the crash.

You can also request a report by mail or in person. A mail request needs a copy of your photo identification, a notarized letter with the case number or other identifying details, a self-addressed stamped envelope and payment for the fees. The Records Division is at 2266 Civic Center Drive, North Las Vegas, NV 89030, open Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and can be reached at (702) 633-1715.

The Nevada State Police Highway Patrol, which most people still call the Nevada Highway Patrol or NHP, investigates crashes on I-15, US-95, I-215, the 515 and other state highways, including on entrance and exit ramps, but do not assume from the road alone. Check the officer’s card or look for a crash number that begins with “NHP.” NHP reports are ordered through CrashDocs; to order from CrashDocs, go here. You will need the crash number in the format NHP123456789, the last name of a person involved and the date of the crash.

NHP crash reports are available 7 to 10 business days from the date of the crash and cost $10 each. Fatal crash reports and all crash photographs are handled by the regional offices rather than online, with a $5 fee for photographs. NHP troopers always take a lot of photographs at a crash scene, so ordering the photographs is very important. For a Las Vegas crash that means Southern Command at 6830 Bermuda Road, Las Vegas, NV 89119, (702) 668-4100, open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

These are the agencies’ own figures, not a promise that a particular report will be released on that schedule.

• LVMPD: $13 per traffic collision report; up to 10 business days after the crash.
• Henderson Police: free online through LexisNexis or $10 through CrashDocs; 10 business days.
• North Las Vegas Police: $5 per report through LexisNexis BuyCrash; 10 business days.
• Nevada Highway Patrol: $10 per crash report through CrashDocs, available 7 to 10 business days after the crash; photographs $5 through the regional office.

A report can take longer when the crash involved a death, when it was a hit and run, when the investigation is still open, or when the agency has to remove protected personal information before release. If an online system says no report was found, check the agency, the report number, the spelling of the last name and the date, and make sure enough time has passed, before you pay a third-party site to search again.

The crash report is usually the first organized account of the collision that the insurance company sees. It identifies the drivers, the vehicle owners, the insurance policies, the witnesses, any reported injuries, any citations, the road and weather conditions and the statements people gave at the scene. That information tells you which claim to open and whether another policy might apply, which is why the report is one of the first things a Las Vegas car accident lawyer asks for.

The report does not settle every question, though. The officer may have arrived after the crash, missed a witness or recorded something incorrectly, and the insurance company can still argue about fault regardless of what the report says, so gather and save your own evidence as well: photographs, video, witness contact information, repair estimates and medical records. If the report contains an objective error, such as a wrong name, plate or insurance company, ask the agency about its correction procedure, but do not expect it to change an officer’s opinion because a driver disagrees. Keep in mind that Nevada gives most injury victims two years from the crash to file a lawsuit; our Nevada injury claim deadlines page explains the exceptions.

This post is general information, not legal advice. For guidance on your specific facts, consult experienced personal injury counsel.