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Local Law Enforcement Agencies Most departments maintain a record of accidents, and these reports are often available to the public upon request. Visiting the official website of your local police or sheriff's department might provide online access to recent accident reports or instructions on how to obtain them.

In Arizona, private citizens are not required to report car accidents. However, law enforcement officers must report any accidents if they result in injury, death, or property damage of over $1,000, or in the issuance of a citation.

As a general rule, you should report a crash right away. You should stay at the scene until police arrive so a report can be filed immediately. Answer their questions clearly and honestly, and be sure to get the report number from the officer.

No insurance company can require a police report to process a claim. Therefore, if Arizona law does not require you to file a police report for your particular accident, it is up to you whether or not you wish to obtain one. With no official record of the accident, however, your insurance claim can be more complicated.

Accident reports are available on the ODPS website once they have been submitted and accepted. Crash reports submitted via hard copy won't be available by the ODPS for several weeks after submission. There is no cost associated with copies of accident reports obtained via the ODPS website.

The CHP has a running update of the accidents they are working at any given time. Visit the CHP Traffic Incident Information Page and select your region to see the most current accidents. These reports won't give you names but they'll at least tell you if any crashes are reported in the area your loved one was driving.