Under Wisconsin law, a motor vehicle crash must be reported when it results in:- Injury or death of a person.
- $1,000 or more in damage to any one person's vehicle or property.
- Damage of $200 or more in state or other government-owned property other than a vehicle.
If the Sturgeon Bay Police Department is contacted at the time of the accident, the law enforcement officer who responds will complete the crash report. If a reportable accident was called in after the fact, police would hand the driver a paper form to self report the accident.
Effective January 1, 2017, the WI DOT ended the self reporting paper form and have gone to an electronic form for the Driver Report of Crash. The form can be accessed at wisconsindot.gov/Pages/safety/crsh-rpt/default.aspx.
"The change of the Driver Report of Crash to an exclusively online form will save both time and resources. It also will help WisDOT efficiently collect crash information and data, which are critical for planning enforcement, education and engineering strategies to improve traffic safety," says David Pabst of the WisDOT Bureau of Traffic Safety.
The electronic form can be done on a smart phone as well as a computer with internet connection. For those that do not have access to either, the DOT advises drivers to utilize their local public library, where computer access is free and available to everyone.
The below card is what Sturgeon Bay officers will hand out to drivers who need to self-report accidents.
