How to Get a Louisville Accident Report (Louisville Metro Police (LMPD))

If you don’t have the report number, contact the records office listed above.

Option 1: Online

1. Go to the LMPD Get a Police Report page and choose the accident report link.
2. Enter the report number, the report date and the driver’s or owner’s last name.
3. Wait for a response. LMPD says it takes 24 to 72 hours. If the report is ready, you can pay the $10 fee and download it in the portal. If it isn’t ready yet, you’ll get a message saying so, and you can try again later.

Option 2: In person

1. Go to the LMPD Records Service Counter at 701 W. Ormsby Ave., Suite 001 (basement), Louisville, KY 40203.
2. Bring a photo ID. Your name must appear on the report unless you are the insurer or attorney for someone listed.
3. Pay the $10 fee.

Don’t have your report number? Email LMPDAccidentReport@louisvilleky.gov or call 502-574-6857, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

LMPD covers most of Louisville Metro, but not every crash in Jefferson County. Some small cities have their own police departments (for example, Shively, St. Matthews and Jeffersontown), and some crashes are worked by Kentucky State Police or another agency. Request the report from whichever agency’s officer came to the scene. The officer’s card or the paperwork you were given should name the agency.

LMPD also notes that if you filed your report through the Kentucky State Police website, you need to get it from KSP, not LMPD.

No officer came? If no police officer investigated and the crash caused more than $500 in property damage, Kentucky law requires the drivers to file a written report with Kentucky State Police within 10 days (KRS 189.635(5)). KSP takes these civilian reports through its online Civilian Collision Reporting portal. The system gives you a report number and the option to download your report, so save a copy right away. See our Kentucky State Police accident report guide for details.

Kentucky crash reports are not open to the public. Under KRS 189.635(6), police may release a report only to:

• the people involved in the crash
• parents or guardians of a minor involved in the crash
• the insurers of anyone named in the report (or their written designee)
• the attorneys for people involved in the crash
• a party to a lawsuit who sends a copy of the first page of the clerk-stamped complaint naming all parties
• certain government agencies and news organizations, as the statute allows

Bring a photo ID if you go in person. If a lawyer is helping you, the lawyer can request the report for you.

When you get your report, check names, insurance information, vehicle details, the location, the diagram and the officer’s narrative. Mistakes happen, and an error about who was where can cause trouble with an insurance claim. Ask the agency that wrote the report how to request a correction or add a supplemental statement, and do it early. Our general guide to Kentucky accident reports explains how corrections work.

The report is important evidence, but it isn’t the final word on fault. Officers usually arrive after the crash and may not talk to every witness. Insurance adjusters and courts look at all the evidence, including photos, video, witness statements and vehicle damage.