Search over 900,000 crash records from the California Crash Records System (CCRS). Find accidents by road, city, or highway — or read below for guidance on requesting an official CHP report.
Searches CCRS crash records and live CA 511 incidents. Coverage: January 2024 to present. For crashes before 2024, see historical records.
What is not included: Party names, driver license numbers, insurance information, fault determination, and witness statements are not published in CCRS records and are not searchable on CaliCrash. To obtain that information, you must request the full CHP 555 report through official channels.
If the California Highway Patrol responded to your crash, the investigating officer files a CHP 555 Traffic Collision Report. This is the primary legal document used for insurance claims, litigation, and DMV proceedings. To request a copy, contact the CHP Area office or district that has jurisdiction over the location of the crash. You will need to provide the collision date, location, and proof of involvement (driver license number or your name as listed in the report). Reports are typically available within 10 to 30 days; fatal crashes under active investigation may take 60 to 90 days.
If a city police department or county sheriff's office — not CHP — responded to your crash, that agency holds the official report. Most agencies allow you to request crash reports online, in person, or by mail using the agency's public records request process. Some cities use third-party vendors like LexisNexis Crash Report Portal for online access. Processing times vary from 3 to 14 business days depending on the agency.
California law requires any driver involved in a crash to file a DMV SR-1 (Report of Traffic Accident Occurring in California) within 10 days if anyone is killed or injured, or if property damage exceeds $1,000 — regardless of fault. The SR-1 is separate from the CHP 555 and is a regulatory self-report filed with the DMV. Failure to file can result in license suspension. The SR-1 form is available for download on the California DMV website.
If you know where the crash occurred, browsing directly by county or highway is often faster than a keyword search. Each county and highway page shows all CCRS crash records for that location with severity and date filters.
View all 58 counties →CaliCrash indexes CCRS records from January 2024 onward. For crashes prior to 2024, you have two main paths:
You need at least one of: the road or highway name, the city, the approximate crash date, or a report number if the officer gave you one. For an official copy from CHP, you'll also need proof of involvement — your driver license number, insurance policy number, or your name as it appears in the report.
Most CHP 555 reports are ready within 10 to 30 days. Fatal crashes under active investigation may take 60 to 90 days. CCRS records appear on CaliCrash daily as CHP finalizes and submits them. For urgent insurance needs, call the CHP area office directly for a preliminary case number.
The CHP 555 is the law enforcement investigation document — it contains fault determination, witness statements, a collision diagram, and party information. The DMV SR-1 is a self-report that drivers must file within 10 days when there is injury, death, or property damage over $1,000. They are separate documents for separate purposes. CaliCrash data comes from CHP 555 reports only.
No. CCRS records published through the CA Open Data portal do not include party names, driver license numbers, insurance information, or fault determination. These fields are redacted under California privacy law. To obtain that information you must request the full CHP 555 report from the relevant CHP district office or law enforcement agency.
CaliCrash only covers 2024 onward. For earlier crashes, contact the responding agency directly (CHP area office or local police department) or use the CHP's SWITRS database, which goes back to 2003 and is available for research via the UC Berkeley SafeTREC query tool.