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(I) A person under contract to provide claims or underwriting to a person described in sections (F), (G) or (H) (H) An insurance company that issued a policy covering any person involved in the accident

(G) An insurance company that issued an insurance policy covering any vehicle involved in the accident (F) A person who has established financial responsibility for a vehicle involved in the accident in a manner described in Texas Transportation Code 601.501, including a policyholder of a motor vehicle (E) The owner of a vehicle or property damaged in the accident

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(D) An employer, parent or legal guardian of a driver involved in the accident

(B) The authorized representative of any person involved in the accident Texas Transportation Code §550.065 allows for the release of a crash report on written request and upon payment of the required fee to any person directly concerned in the accident or having proper interest therein, including: Please note that any CR-2 or similar local agency form submitted to TxDOT will be destroyed as required by our records retention policy.ĭue to their confidential nature, crash reports are not available for online viewing by the general public.

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Drivers involved in a crash not investigated by a police officer who were provided a CR-2 or similar local agency form should retain this information for their records. As a result, TxDOT no longer has any Driver’s Crash Reports in its custodial records and no longer hosts or provides copies of the CR-2 form. 1, 2019, the retention period expired for all CR-2 forms. 1, 2017, per the 85th Texas Legislature Senate Bill 312, the Driver's Crash Report (Form CR-2) is no longer retained by TxDOT. However, published annual reports may be available for years outside the retention period.Įffective Sept. Data analysis for years outside this retention period is unavailable. The state retention schedule for crash reports and data is 10 years plus the current year. TxDOT collects crash reports from Texas law enforcement agencies for crashes occurring on public roadways and the state highway system. Texas Transportation Code §550.062 requires any law enforcement officer who in the regular course of duty investigates a motor vehicle crash that results in injury to or the death of a person or damage to the property of any one person to the apparent extent of $1,000 or more, to submit a written report of that crash to TxDOT not later than the tenth day after the date of the crash. TxDOT is the custodian of crash records for the state of Texas.

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