Fill Out an Accident and Insurance Report Form
To get the form:
We will add the accident to the record of the drivers involved in the accident who meet the reporting requirements.
When you have completed the form, the best way to file your accident report is to send it by mail or email directly to the DMV Crash Reporting Unit:
- Email to OregonDMVAccidents@odot.state.or.us
- DMV will send an auto-reply confirming that your email was received.
- Save your sent email (with the report) and the auto-reply received from DMV.
- Please do not mail or fax reports already sent by email.
- Regular mail to DMV Crash Reporting Unit at 1905 Lana Ave NE, Salem, OR 97314
- If you send a report by email, please do not also mail the report. This may cause a delay.
Additional Important Information:
Under Oregon law ORS 802.220(5), DMV cannot give you a copy of your report, so keep one for yourself.
Liability Insurance
If you
did not have liability insurance at the time of the accident, we will suspend your license for one year. Then:
- You must then file an SR-22 before we will reinstate your license.
- An SR-22 filing is required for three years after the suspension end date even if the accident was not your fault.
Insurance companies and agents must tell DMV about any accident when they believe a driver is uninsured. If the information is correct, we will suspend the driver license of the uninsured person for one year. This law applies even if the damage is $2,500 or less.
Important Information:
DMV sends suspension notices and other important documents to your address on record with DMV. The postal service cannot forward DMV mail to a forwarding address, so keep your address updated on
DMV2U.