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In the past, the only way to get a police report after a car accident was to reach out to law enforcement directly. Today, with technological and digital advancements, accident reports are often available online and drivers may be able to access their accident reports through websites and download them at home.
Where you can get your accident report depends on where your crash happened and which police department handled the case. Some departments upload their accident reports to an online portal where you can download them. Other departments may send you the report in the mail or make them available in person. Whatever means are required to obtain your report, your attorney can help you figure it out. Your attorney can also review the report with you and discuss your local options for pursuing compensation.
After a car accident, drivers need the accident report from the police so they can submit insurance claims or file lawsuits. Our South Bend car accident attorneys can help you if you are unsure about how to get your crash report. Call the offices of Wruck Paupore at (219) 322-1166 for a free case review.
After a car accident, you or someone at the scene should contact law enforcement immediately. Once on the scene, the police will investigate the crash and gather information for an accident report. Accident reports come from law enforcement. It is important to identify the officers at the scene of your accident and the department they work for, as this information may be necessary for obtaining the accident report.
You may have several options for where to get your accident report, depending on your location and who investigated the crash. Many police departments upload their crash reports to websites or online portals, while others prefer more traditional methods of disseminating reports.
Our Indiana car accident attorneys can help you contact law enforcement officials about getting your accident report. While some third-party sources and websites claim to offer copies of crash reports, it is usually a good idea to go through official channels with the help of your attorney and get reports directly from the source.
Many police departments in Illinois have embraced modern technology and made accident reports available online. While this makes obtaining a report very quick and easy, you should be wary of third-party websites like myaccident.org that claim to offer copies of reports for free. Reports from unofficial sources may be redacted or incomplete, and you may be required to give up your privacy rights as a condition for receiving them. For instance, myaccident.org requires that you consent to them giving your personal information to solicitors and allow them to contact you for sales purposes.
As a result, you are likely to receive advertisements which may be unwelcome, while not receiving an official crash report with all information needed to move your insurance claim forward. If the police in your case make accident reports available online, you should inquire about what online portal to use to obtain an official report. You should then use the website or online portal the police direct you to. Often, after a car accident the Illinois police department may give driver’s information about where and how to obtain a crash report. If that information includes a website, we recommend that you use only that website to obtain your official crash report.
If you are unsure where or how to download an accident report, our Illinois car accident attorneys can obtain the report for you from one of the databases we have access to. We can usually obtain a copy of the report immediately, while you are on the phone with us. When you call, we will obtain a copy of the report, review it with you, and discuss your legal options, all free of charge and without any obligation. We never share your information with third-party marketers and your call is confidential.
If your accident report is not available online or you do not wish to download it, there are other ways you may be able to obtain your crash report, although these are often more time consuming and difficult than obtaining it electronically. Where you will find your accident report may differ based on where your accident happened and which police department handled the case. Our Fort Wayne car accident attorneys can help you determine which police agency was likely involved.
It may then be possible to obtain a copy of the police report for your car accident by submitting a request to the police department in charge of your case. Submitting a formal request may require filling out forms with details about your accident. It might also take a bit of time to get the report, especially if it is not ready, and may require you to pay a fee. If requesting a hard copy of the report through the mail, you will need to make sure you have the right forms and the correct address of the police department on your case and send them a check in the right amount.
Our Illinois car accident lawyers can help you identify the proper legal channels for obtaining your accident report. The correct legal channels may vary based on the department responsible for your report.
Our Illinois car accident attorney can help you determine where your accident report is, obtain a copy, and most importantly let you know what it means. If the report is not available online, your attorney can identify the proper channels for obtaining the report. For example, perhaps the police department in your case requires a formal letter requesting the report. Alternatively, requesting a report might be as easy as making a phone call. A lawyer is best positioned to explain what steps you need to take.
If you were hurt in a car accident and need the accident report to file an insurance claim or pursue other legal action, our Indianapolis car accident lawyers can help. Call us at Wruck Paupore at (219) 322-1166 for a free initial case evaluation.
Don is a founding partner and one of the nation’s top-ranked personal injury litigators. He is a member of the Multi-million Dollar Advocates Forum, which includes less than 1% of the nation’s trial lawyers, and awarded the highest ranking given by Martindale Hubbel and AVVO.
More importantly, Don understands representing personal injury victims is about more than recovering the best settlement: it’s about helping clients get back on their feet and supporting them in every aspect of their recovery.
In nearly all cases, our clients seek compensation from the wrongdoer’s insurance company. Before forming Wruck Paupore, Jason worked for a prominent law firm representing some of the world’s largest insurers. This experience gives Jason a deep understanding of the insurance industry and the strategies it uses to pay injury victims as little as possible.
Jason -- and our entire team -- put this inside knowledge to work to force insurance companies to pay what is actually owed. Often, we use the insurance company’s own tactics against them as we fight for the full compensation our client deserves.
For more than four decades, Keith has been fighting for injury victims. During that time, he’s watched the insurance industry change, with insurers now more interested in protecting their stock price than treating injury victims fairly.
Since the beginning, Keith has put people first. From his childhood in Gary, Indiana during the 1960’s and working his way through law school, Keith has risen to become one of the Midwest’s most respected trial lawyers. He has never forgotten that being a lawyer is about helping people -- and seeing injury victims through struggles in a way that could change their lives forever.
Over the decades, Keith, Don and Jason have fought relentlessly for clients, even when other lawyers have said the case was impossible to win.
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