Accident Reports

Accident reports are reports written by police officers to describe the facts of a car accident.

The facts that are written on an accident report may be the following

• Names of drivers and passengers
• Time
• Roadway of accident
• Facts of how collision occurred
• diagram
• Citations issued

Accident reports differ from incident reports. Incident reports are usually written by an authority figure or by a police officer. However, the incident occurs on private property.