When you're involved in a car accident in Mississippi, the police complete a Crash Report if the accident meets one of three criteria: someone is killed, someone is injured or there's property damage in excess of $250. This means that pretty much every car wreck that isn't minor has a police report generated.

You can use the police report to get information about the other vehicle, the driver, the vehicle owner and the other driver's insurance company, as well as to substantiate your claims about how the accident occurred. You'll want a copy of the Crash Report to pursue your personal injury case. How can you get it?

Contact the agency that issued your Crash Report.

Crash Reports are completed by the agency that responds to your accident call. If your local police department responds to your car accident call, they'll be able to provide you with a copy of the Crash Report, typically after 5 days. If your city police responded, you'll find the Crash Report at the city police department. If your accident occurred in county jurisdiction, you'll be able to get a copy from your county's police department. The Mississippi Department of Public Safety, Highway Patrol, also maintains accident reports for highways that fall under state jurisdiction. For a list of phone numbers to contact, check our Mississippi Police Department Phone List.

Your personal injury attorney can get your police report.

When you work with the Kisselburgh Law Firm for your car accident case, we can obtain a copy of your Crash Report for you. All you need to provide us with is information about where and when the accident occurred, and we can use that information, combined with information from your driving record, to obtain a copy of your police report. You won't need to worry about the hassle of locating your local police department and tracking down the report by hand.