Oregon Accident Report Lookup

AIn the state of Oregon, state law (ORS 802.220(5)) states that DMV cannot give you a copy of an accident report that was submitted to DMV. However, this report is intended to be submitted by the driver so when you fill out your accident report, make sure you keep a copy for yourself.

Although you can’t get a copy of the accident report from the DMV, you should be able to obtain the police report from the local police department where the accident occurred if one was filed. Alternatively, if you need contact information for parties involved in the accident from the DMV, you can call the Oregon DMV Accident Unit at (503) 945-5098 to get their information.

Even though you can’t obtain a copy of the accident report with DMV, if your accident occurred within the Portland Police’s territory and is within the criteria to be investigated by the Portland Police Bureau, you can obtain a copy of the officer filed police report by contacting The Portland Police Records Division. This report is an official document put together by a law enforcement officer who was on the scene and should still contain plenty of information about the accident.

How do you know if there is a police report that you can request? One or more of the following criteria must be met for the Portland Police Bureau to investigate a traffic collision, so if one of these is true for your accident, there’s a high chance that there is a police report that you can request a copy of:

• all fatal or potential fatal collisions
• serious physical injury collisions
• collisions involving operators who are under the influence of intoxicants
• collisions involving drivers who fail to perform the duties required of them at traffic collision scenes (Hit and Run)
• collisions involving hazardous material spills

If your accident met one of these conditions, you may contact Portland Police to obtain a copy of your officer filed police report:

• 1111 SW 2nd Ave (Justice Center) Portland, OR
• 503-823-0043

Alternatively, if you received a Traffic Crash Exchange Report, this is likely the only report written about the incident or accident so you should keep this for your records. If you want to obtain the case number assigned to this report, contact the Records Division office at 503-823-0043. The case number should be available 72 hours after the accident.

In 2018, there were a total of 50,099 motor vehicle traffic crashes in Oregon. Of these 21,936 were property damage only crashes, 27,717 were non-fatal injury crashes, and 446 were fatal crashes. In a report put out by the Oregon Department of Transportation, it was stated that while the number of total crashes was down over 13% from the prior year, the number of fatal crashes was up over 10%. Interestingly, 33% of fatal crashes were with a fixed object while 34% of all other types of crashes were rear-end type crashes.