How to Get an Ogden Police Crash Report

Short answer: Ogden police crash reports come from the department's Records Bureau at 2186 Lincoln Avenue, open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Submit a written request through the Ogden City Public Records Center online, or ask at the Records counter. A traffic accident report is $25 per copy, and you will need a government-issued photo ID. If you are listed as the victim on a report, your first copy is free.

First, make sure Ogden police took the report

Ogden officers work crashes on city streets inside Ogden's boundaries. The department releases reports through its Records Bureau under Utah's Government Records Access and Management Act, or GRAMA (Ogden City, Records Requests).

Three mix-ups are common here. I-15 and I-84 both run through the Ogden area, and the Utah Highway Patrol is the agency with jurisdiction on the interstates, so a freeway crash is usually a UHP case requested through the Highway Patrol's portal rather than from Ogden. Crashes in unincorporated Weber County belong to the Weber County Sheriff's Office, not the city. And South Ogden and North Ogden are separate cities with their own police departments, so a collision a few blocks past the line is a different agency's report. The card or paperwork the officer handed you normally shows the agency name and a case number, which settles it.

How to request it from Ogden Records

Use the online records center, or come in person. Ogden takes written requests through the
Ogden City Public Records Center
. You can also make the request at the Records Bureau counter, 2186 Lincoln Avenue, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is closed weekends and holidays.
Describe the record precisely. Write "traffic accident report" and add the date, the location, and the case number if you were given one.
Explain your right to it. Crash reports are not open to the general public, so say why you are entitled to it, for example because you were one of the drivers.
Prove who you are. The department requires a valid government-issued state ID card or driver license.
Be ready to pay. Reports are released once the fee is paid. Ask Records what payment the counter takes before you drive over.

Questions go to the Records Bureau at 801-629-8098. The police department's main line is 801-629-8000.

What Ogden charges for a crash report

Ogden prices a traffic accident report at $25 per copy in office, the same as its other police reports. There is one important exception: a person listed as the victim on a report may obtain one free copy of that report. Fees change with the city's budget year, so confirm the total when you submit.

When the report will be ready

Two state deadlines frame the wait. The investigating officer has 10 days after finishing the investigation to file the report electronically (Utah Code § 41-6a-402(6)). After you submit a written request, the agency has 10 business days to provide the report, unless releasing it would jeopardize an ongoing criminal investigation or prosecution (Utah Code § 41-6a-404(3)(b)). A crash with serious injuries or criminal charges can take longer to close out.

What to bring or attach

The case number from the officer's card or paperwork, if you were given one.
The date and rough time of the crash.
Where it happened: the street and nearest cross street, or a business address.
The other driver's name, if you have it.
Your government-issued photo ID.
A payment method, unless you are the victim claiming your free copy.

A relative handling the request for you will need your signed authorization. Our guide to getting your Utah crash report explains who the law allows to request one and how that authorization works.

Who is entitled to the report

Ogden's own policy is that a traffic accident report may be released to a party involved in the accident, excluding witnesses, or to an agent of an involved person. That tracks state law, which requires release of the full report to people involved in the crash other than mere witnesses, to anyone injured or who suffered a loss in it, and to their agents, parents, or legal guardians, among others (§ 41-6a-404(3)(a)). The agency may charge a reasonable fee for the report and its data (§ 41-6a-404(7)), which is where the $25 comes from.

If something in it is wrong

For a misspelled name, a wrong plate, or the wrong insurance company, contact Records or the investigating officer and bring a document that shows the correct information. Ask whether a supplement can be added to the report. Disagreeing with the officer's opinion about fault is a different problem, and the guide linked above covers what you can and cannot change.

Ogden crash report questions

My crash was on I-15 or I-84 near Ogden. Who has the report?

Most likely the Utah Highway Patrol, not Ogden City. Our article on how to get a Utah police crash report explains how to confirm the agency and how a UHP request works.

My crash was in unincorporated Weber County. Who has it?

The Weber County Sheriff's Office, which runs its own records section separately from Ogden City. Check the agency name on the officer's card before you request anything.

I am the victim. Is my copy really free?

Ogden allows one free copy of a report to a person listed on it as the victim. Say so when you make the request, and bring your ID so Records can match you to the report.

Does the report tell me who pays my medical bills?

No. It records what the officer found, but payment depends on your own coverage and the other driver's. Our Ogden personal injury lawyer page covers that next stage. We have also mapped Ogden's most dangerous roads and Ogden's most dangerous intersections for pedestrians and cyclists.

Hurt in a crash in Ogden?

If you were hurt and hire us, we request the report and its data for you and go through it with you as part of your case. Not ready to hire anyone? Send us the details and we will get the report for you.

Call (801) 921-5134 or send us a message for a free case review.