Travis County
In Austin, the Austin Police Department works crashes inside the city and the Travis County Sheriff's Office covers the unincorporated areas. Check on everyone and call 911 if anyone is hurt. Move out of the lane if the cars still run. Photograph the scene and swap insurance information. A free case check organizes what happened and a licensed attorney reviews it.
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Where this comes from
We checked these original sources on September 5, 2026. Each link opens the source so you can read it for yourself.
Original links
Crash Report Purchase Portal
Highway Patrol Service
Purchase an APD online crash report
Vehicle Accident Report
Austin Police Department and the Travis County Sheriff's Office
Austin sends people to an online crash report search, and the county sheriff points to the same state system for crashes outside the city line.
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The City of Austin points people to an online crash report search for crashes in the Austin Police Department area. You look the report up first and pay for it if it is there. Have the crash date and a name ready before you start.
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The Travis County Sheriff's Office says you can request and pay for a report online through the TxDOT crash records system. You can also mail the request with a check or money order, or come in person to Central Records on Airport Boulevard during weekday hours.
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The sheriff's office warns that a report from the first days after an accident may not be there to buy yet. If your search comes back empty in the first week or so, that is normal. Try again later and keep the notes you took at the scene.
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The Texas Highway Patrol handles traffic and criminal law enforcement on the rural highways of Texas. Outside the Austin city line, a state trooper may be the one who wrote your report, and that report still lands in the same state system.
Texas Department of Public SafetyAgencies change their forms, portals and fees. Open the linked page before you pay for anything, and keep a copy of every request you send.
Federal fatal-crash counts, 2022 to 2024
That is 3.8% of every fatal crash the federal file records in the state over the same three years.
These are crashes in which at least one person died within 30 days, as counted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. They are not a count of all crashes, injuries, insurance claims or lawsuits, and most crashes are not in this file at all.
The counts are not adjusted for population, road miles or how much people drive, so they cannot say one place is more dangerous than another. A crash appearing here does not show who was at fault, whether anyone was insured or whether anyone has a claim.
Questions
The City of Austin points you to an online crash report search for Austin Police Department crashes. You look the report up there and pay for it. The city page also links a Spanish version of that site. Have the crash date and a name of someone involved ready.
The Travis County Sheriff's Office lets you request and pay online through the TxDOT crash records system. You can also mail a request with a check or money order to Central Records, or go in person to the office on Airport Boulevard during weekday hours.
It may simply be too early. The Travis County Sheriff's Office says a report from the first days after an accident may not be ready to buy. The officer has to finish it and send it in first. Check your spelling and the date, then look again in a few days.
A quick reality check
This page cannot decide fault, medical cause, insurance coverage, legal deadlines, case value or whether you have a claim. Those questions depend on the complete facts, records, state law and a licensed attorney's review.
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