Washington State Patrol

• Collision Records FAQ's

• WRECR Application

The Washington State Patrol Requests for Electronic Collision Records (WRECR) will allow you to search for a collision report from a computer station with internet access and an e-mail account.

• Washington Request for Electronic Collision Records (WRECR)

• Overlay Sheet

More than one collision report can be requested by an individual. Provide the name of the involved party(s), the date of the collision, and select “Search”. If a report is found matching your request; it will be displayed. If the report displayed is your report and you wish to obtain a copy, a fee of $10.50 will be charged per Revised Code of Washington (RCW) 46.52.085. You will need to walk through some identification and processing steps to complete your transaction. Once complete; select “Continue” or “next” to finish the request. There are several possible responses that you may receive:

1. A single collision that provides you a collision number, date of collision, and your name
2. Several collisions may be listed and you will need to select the icon to view the party names involved to identify your collision
3. Report not found: this indicates we have not received the report from the investigating agency. Search this site daily until the report is located.

The minimum requirement for a report to be submitted to the repository is a vehicle collision resulting in injury or death of any person, or damage to the property of any one person to an apparent extent of $1000 or more.

Once the officer/citizen submits the completed report, Collision Records scans and processes it into the State repository. It may take up to a total of 2-4 weeks before the report is available for request. As the collision reporting becomes more and more electronic, this processing time will greatly diminish.

Those individuals who are entitled parties will receive a non-redacted copy of the record per the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) 46.52.083 and 46.52.080.

Those individuals or agencies that do not meet the definition of entitled parties will be provided a redacted copy of the collision report per (RCW) 42.56 Public Records Act.

Please contact Collision Records Section at: (360) 570-2355 if you have questions.

The fee is $10.50 (as of September 1, 2015). This fee is nonrefundable and covers the cost of the collision record.

To request a copy of a collision report, complete the Request for Copy of Collision Report form, then print it and mail it along with the $10.50 (as of September 1, 2015) fee to:

Washington State Patrol
Collision Records Request Section
PO Box 42628
Olympia, WA 98504-2628

An individual or agency can request a collision report from the Collision Records Section.

Once the officer submits the completed report Collision Records scans and processes it into the database. It may take up to a total of 2-4 weeks before the report is available for request online or in person at the Collision Records Office in Tumwater. WSP District and Detachment Offices do not have the ability to disclose the report. Please take this into consideration when requesting the collision report.

Those individuals who are entitled parties will receive a non-redacted copy of the record per the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) listed below.

Those individuals or agencies that do not meet the definition of entitled parties will be provided a redacted copy of the collision report per (RCW) 42.56 Public Records Act.

Please contact Collision Records Section at: (360) 570-2355, if you have questions.

• RCW 46.52.085 Confidentiality of reports - fee for written information
• RCW 46.52.083 Confidentiality of reports – Availability of factual data to interested parties
• RCW 46.52.080 Confidentiality of reports- Information required to be disclosed - Evidence
• RCW 42.56 Public Records Act

WSP Law Enforcement Agency Collision Database Query Tool

The LEA Database was created to store collision report data as submitted by the law enforcement officer. No analysis or quality assurance has been performed on the data in this database. This database contains collision report data beginning from November 14, 2013 forward. For older data requests, please refer to the Collision Records email: collisionrecords@wsp.wa.gov.

To request access please print the LEA User Application, complete this form, and send to collisionrecords@wsp.wa.gov for your access to the above database.

For instructions on how to use the Collision Database Query Tool click here.

Fatality collision reporting can take some time, so Washington State Patrol has provided a preliminary fatal notification form. The Collision Fatality Reporting Form is for Law Enforcement agency to complete and email to Collision Records Section, prior to forwarding the Police Traffic Collision Report. Click here.

Once completed, please email to: fatalitymemo@wsp.wa.gov

For information on obtaining other records not relating to a traffic incident, please see:

• WSP Public Records Requests

For more information on each district, please click an area on the map or one of the District links below.

• District 1 - Pierce and Thurston Counties
• District 2 - King County
• District 3 - Asotin, Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield, Walla Walla, and Yakima
• District 4 - Adams, Ferry, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, and Whitman Counties
• District 5 - Clark, Cowlitz, Lewis, Klickitat, and Skamania Counties
• District 6 - Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Kittitas, and Okanogan Counties
• District 7 - Island, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, and Whatcom Counties
• District 8 - Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Kitsap, Mason, Pacific, and Wahkiakum Counties