How to Get a Crash Report in Michigan

The Traffic Crash Reporting Unit of the Michigan State Police (MSP) maintains the Traffic Crash Reporting System. This is the central database for all traffic crash data in Michigan.¹

Michigan law (MCL 257.622) requires a State of Michigan Traffic Crash Report, known as the UD-10, for every reportable crash. All law enforcement agencies complete the UD-10 and send it to the MSP.²

The MSP sells these reports online through the Traffic Crash Purchasing System (TCPS), which has reports from all Michigan law enforcement agencies.^2,3

Buy the report online through TCPS. Go to www.michigan.gov/tcps, log in or register with MiLogin, then search for your report and pay $15.00. You can buy a report this way for up to 10 years after the crash. The MSP's Traffic Crash Reporting Unit calls TCPS the only way to get a traffic crash report.^2,3

Send a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) records request through the MSP Public Records Request Portal, which you reach through MiLogin. You need a FOIA request for reports more than 10 years old. The MSP also advises one if you don't have the details TCPS needs to find your report. The MSP's FOIA FAQ lists a records request as an alternative to TCPS.^2,3,4,5,6

You can mail a records request to Michigan State Police, Records Resource Section, P.O. Box 30634, Lansing, Michigan 48909. Overnight mail goes to 7150 Harris Drive, Dimondale, Michigan 48821.⁴

You can also email or fax a records request. The MSP's FOIA page lists the email address and fax number. The MSP asks people not to send the same request by more than one method.^4,5

You can hand in a records request at the security desk in the lobby of MSP Headquarters, 7150 Harris Drive, Dimondale, Michigan 48821, or at any Michigan State Police post. If you give the Records Resource Section advance notice, you can pick up the documents at MSP Headquarters. Only the Records Resource Section can release records.⁴

Since April 14, 2026, you reach TCPS through MiLogin. You need a MiLogin account, and you have to register before you can search for a report. Creating one is free. The old TCPS website is no longer available. Its accounts don't transfer, so you need a new MiLogin account even if you used TCPS before. Reports you bought on the old site show up in MiLogin only if you register with the same email address you used there.^2,3,6

TCPS shows up among your MiLogin services only after you register or log in at www.michigan.gov/tcps. Searching for it under "Discover Online Services" in MiLogin returns a "No service found" error. After you register, you're taken to TCPS automatically. For MiLogin account questions, the MSP's TCPS page points you to the DTMB Client Service Center.³

To find your report in TCPS, you need either a driver's license number or the case/incident number. You also need a date of birth and the date of the crash. TCPS requires both. If you don't have these details, the MSP advises sending a FOIA records request instead.³

Ask the law enforcement agency that reported the crash for the case/incident number. If the Michigan State Police handled the crash, ask the MSP post for the county where it happened. The Traffic Crash Reporting Unit won't give out case numbers.²

A records request through the MSP portal has to include your first name, last name, email and address. No form is required. The DIR-101 Request for Public Records form can help you draft a request.^4,6

TCPS charges $15.00 per report. To get your receipt, log in to TCPS with the same MiLogin account you used to buy the report.^2,3

For a records request, the fee depends on the type of record and the labor cost of retrieving and reviewing it. The MSP can't estimate the fee until it receives your request. It then tells you whether you need to make a payment or a good-faith deposit. You have to pay any fee before the MSP produces the documents.⁴

Paying a records-request fee online, in the portal or the online payment center, adds a $2.00 processing fee. Checks and money orders don't. Make them payable to the State of Michigan. You can mail them to Michigan State Police, Cashier's Unit, P.O. Box 30266, Lansing, Michigan 48909. Include the request number (CR) from the subject line of the MSP's letter, or a copy of the letter, with your payment. These payments can take up to 5 business days to process.^4,6

If you meet the indigency criteria and submit an Affidavit of Indigency (form DIR-103), you can have the first $20 of a records-request fee waived. The waiver is subject to the terms of the FOIA.^4,5

It can take 3 to 30 days after the crash for a report to be processed into TCPS and become available to buy. It varies by reporting agency. Law enforcement agencies have no mandatory deadline to send the UD-10 to the MSP. Once the report is in TCPS, the MSP says you can get a copy instantly.^1,2,4

The MSP responds to a records request within 5 business days, but that response can be a notice of extension. There's no same-day service.⁴

If you used the portal, you download the response there. Responses to email, fax or mail requests come by U.S. mail. Most MSP records can't be sent by email or fax because of security and privacy policies.⁴

The MSP gives two examples of TCPS users. A person seeking the report on a crash they were involved in uses a citizen MiLogin account. An insurance company buying multiple reports uses a MiLogin for Business account.³

The Traffic Crash Reporting Unit won't release insurance details, report numbers or personal details of the people involved. It can confirm or deny information you already have. It also won't give out information from a crash report by phone, mail, email or fax. If you need specific information from the UD-10, the MSP says to buy the report through TCPS or send a FOIA request.²

Michigan's FOIA policy entitles all persons to information about the affairs of government. People incarcerated in state or local correctional facilities are the exception.⁵

By law, all Michigan law enforcement agencies must send qualifying crash reports (UD-10s) to the MSP. TCPS sells reports from all of them.^1,3

For a report number, insurance information or details about the people involved, contact the law enforcement agency that responded to the crash and reported it. The Traffic Crash Reporting Unit sends people to that agency for this information.⁷

To ask for a change to a report, contact the agency that reported the crash. The Traffic Crash Reporting Unit can't change reports. The reporting agency decides whether to change a report and whether to send an update to the MSP. Its name appears under "Department Name" at the top of the UD-10.²

To find out where a vehicle was taken after a crash, the MSP recommends contacting the law enforcement agency that responded.²

The MSP says Michigan law (MCL 257.622) requires the driver in a crash to report it immediately if anyone is injured or killed. The same applies if the crash causes apparent property damage totaling $1,000.00 or more. It must be reported at the nearest or most convenient police station, or to the nearest or most convenient police officer.²

If you're at the scene and need an officer sent there, the MSP says to call 911.²

To file a UD-10 crash report, contact a law enforcement agency in your area or a Michigan State Police post. The Traffic Crash Reporting Unit can't file a report for you.²

If a crash wasn't reported right away, the law enforcement agency decides whether a report will be filed.²