Getting a Copy of an Accident Report

DESCRIPTION:

If you are in an accident, you need to report this to the police, who will complete an accident report. If in future you need to get hold of the accident details or a copy of the Accident Report, you should find out whether the accident report is kept at:

the SAPS
the local authority
the provincial Department of Transport and Public Works.

INSTRUCTIONS:

The SAPS keeps accident reports for all accidents where a criminal case has been opened. Contact the police station in the area that the accident took place for more information.

Accident reports for accidents that happened in the area of the City of Cape Town where there is no criminal case opened are kept by the city.

For accidents that happened in the jurisdiction of the City of Cape Town, you can contact:

Tel: 021 400 4771 / 4773 / 4705
Fax: 021 400 4775
lisle.nel@capetown.gov.za

All other accident reports are kept by the Department of Transport and Public Works. For more information, contact:

Sharon Stokes
Tel: 021 483 3488
Fax: 021 483 2102
sstokes@pgwc.gov.za

PROVIDED BY:

GOVERNMENT BODY:	Roads Infrastructure Branch (Department of Transport and Public Works, Provincial Government of the Western Cape)
PRICE:	Copies of accident reports from Roads Infrastructure and City of Cape Town cost R150.00.

The content on this page was last updated on 18 December 2006

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