How to Get a Lexington Accident Report (Lexington Police Department)

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

Option 1: Online through BuyCrash

1. Wait at least five days after the crash report is filed.
2. Go to BuyCrash, choose Kentucky and select “Lexington Police Department” as the jurisdiction.
3. Enter the owner’s or driver’s last name and the report date, plus the 10-digit case number, the officer’s 5-digit badge number or a driver’s license number.
4. Pay the $10 fee and download the report.

Option 2: In person

1. Go to Lexington Police Headquarters, 150 E. Main St., Lexington, KY 40507.
2. Bring the case number, the driver’s or owner’s name, the location and date of the crash, and a photo ID.
3. Pay the $10 fee.

Option 3: By mail

1. Write a request that includes the case number, the driver’s or owner’s name, the location and date of the crash, and a copy of your photo ID.
2. Include the $5 fee and a self-addressed stamped envelope.
3. Mail it to Lexington Police Department, Central Records, 150 E. Main St., Lexington, KY 40507.

The Lexington Police Department covers Lexington-Fayette County. If a different agency worked your crash, such as Kentucky State Police on a stretch of interstate or a university police department, request the report from that agency instead.

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.