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For a crash the San Antonio Police Department investigated, its page says: “The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) provides an easy online system for finding and ordering vehicle accident reports. Certified (with the State of Texas seal) and uncertified copies are available.” “Step 2. Mail completed form Mail to: San Antonio Police Department Records Office 315 S. Santa Rosa San Antonio, TX 78207”
Getting the crash report in San Antonio
- Agency: San Antonio Police Department, Records Office
- Its crash-report page: Police Open Records Requests - City of San Antonio
- Who can get a copy: “Texas Transportation Code Sec. 550.065(c)(4) restricts the release of un-redacted crash reports to persons directly concerned in the accident or having a proper interest therein. A crash report with redactions made (the public portion) under Sec. 550.065(f)(2) may be released to any person.” (police records request all (PDF))
- Online: “The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) provides an easy online system for finding and ordering vehicle accident reports. Certified (with the State of Texas seal) and uncertified copies are available.”
- When it is ready: “NOTE: Reports can take up to 14 days to appear in the system.”
- Fee: “Additional processing fees may be applied for credit card transactions. $6 for a regular copy. $8 for a certified copy - A certified copy is requested when a person needs an official document, such as for a legal proceeding.” (Crash reports and records (txdot.gov))
- Form: “If the Non-Redacted report type is selected, you will have to complete the Crash Report Purchase Certification form per Texas Transportation Code 550.065.” (Purchase User Guide (PDF) (cris.dot.state.tx.us))
- By mail: “Step 2. Mail completed form Mail to: San Antonio Police Department Records Office 315 S. Santa Rosa San Antonio, TX 78207”
- Fee: “NOTE: We accept check or money order via US Postal Service only.”
- In person: “Bring the completed form to: San Antonio Police Department Records Office 315 S. Santa Rosa San Antonio, TX 78207”
- Fee: “The SAPD headquarters accepts cash, credit cards, money orders, and checks.”
- Hours: “Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.”
- Form (by mail and in person): “A person requesting a crash report must submit a SAPD Crash Report Request Form SAPD Form CRB-3 REQ (07-21-15).” (police records request all (PDF))
- You need (by mail and in person): “To make your request more efficient, please provide the SAPD case number if known. Otherwise, provide two or more of the following:”
- “Date of incident”
- “Location of incident”
- “Name of persons involved (include dates of birth for common names)”
- “Basic description of incident (car accident, theft, disturbance, etc.)”
- You need (by mail and in person): “Please be prepared to provide a valid government issued identification card, driver’s license, and/or other documentation.” (police crash reports (PDF))
- Fee (by mail and in person): From the page's table: “Accident Reports” | “$6”
- Paying for a request made through the Open Government Portal, the city's pages differ: “NOTE: To pay for records using cash, check, or money order, you will need to receive records in person at SAPD headquarters.” “Online and mail requests may be paid by check or money order sent via US Mail.”
- Also on the page: online requests to SAPD through the City's Open Government Portal, which needs an account (documents by email, US mail or in person at SAPD Headquarters); other charges in the same fee table (general labor at $18.75 per hour, an overhead charge of 20% added to each request, a copy fee for paper copies and an administration fee of $5 per report), without saying whether they apply to accident reports. See the page for how and what each needs.
- Exception: “NOTE: Reports prior to 2011 are stored in an off-site archives storage facility. Archived reports may take longer to retrieve and may incur additional costs.”
- Exception: “Redacted records cannot be certified. The released record is not an exact duplicate of the original.”
- Online portal: TxDOT Crash Report Online Purchase System. Run by Texas Department of Transportation. The city's page links to it.
Sources: Police Open Records Requests - City of San Antonio; police records request all (PDF); Crash reports and records (txdot.gov); Purchase User Guide (PDF) (cris.dot.state.tx.us); police crash reports (PDF). Checked November 4, 2026; quotes are copied from those pages. Fees, forms and rules can change, so check the department's page before you send a request.
Fatal crashes in San Antonio, 2020-2024
- Fatal crashes: 868
- Deaths: 917
- Roads with the most fatal crashes: I-410 (105), I-35 (67), I-10 (49)
- San Antonio, TX injury guide: the deadliest roads, the court and the deadlines
- Fatal crashes in San Antonio: deadliest roads, 2020-2024
Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020-2023 Final File and 2024 Annual Report File; fatal crashes coded to San Antonio.