“The paperwork associated with even a minor crash can feel overwhelming. By embracing technology, creating an online portal to obtain relevant documents, we hope to relieve some of the stress associated with a motor vehicle crash.”
The Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) has launched a website that allows people to search forand electronically obtain copies of crash reports for crashes investigated by PSP. The crash report database can be queried by case number or the date of the crash and last name of an involved party. The fee for an electronic copy of a crash report is $22, payable online by credit card or bank account draft. Reports are typically available 15 days after a crash is reported. The Pennsylvania State Police investigated 79,704 crashes in 2016.
Pennsylvania law states that only certain parties may access a crash report, including those involved in the crash, their attorney, and their insurance company. Users of the crash report site must affirm that they are one of these parties – or another privileged party as defined by section 3751(b) of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code – before completing their transaction.
The Pennsylvania State Police is pleased to make this tool available to the citizens of Pennsylvania,” said Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Tyree C. Blocker. “The paperwork associated with even a minor crash can feel overwhelming. By embracing technology and creating an online portal to obtain relevant documents, we hope to relieve some of the stress associated with a motor vehicle crash.”
For more information about the Pennsylvania State Police, visit www.psp.pa.gov.
About Ken Zino
Ken Zino, editor and publisher of AutoInformed, is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn.
He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe.
Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped during a downshift and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap.
AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks.
Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.
