Section 25.977 - Reporting by Investigating Officers(a) A law enforcement officer who investigates a motor vehicle crash shall submit a crash record report within 10 days of the accident on a form prescribed by the department if the crash resulted in:(1) injury to or death of a person;(2) $1000 or more of property damage to the property of any one person.(b) The crash record report form must include: (1) information about the crash;(2) information about all vehicles involved in the crash;(3) information about each person involved in the crash; and(4) other factors necessary for the department to comply with state and federal reporting requirements.(c) The department has developed Form CR-3, Texas Peace Officer's Crash Report, to satisfy the requirements of subsection (b) of this section. Investigating officers must file Form CR-3 through a web-based format beginning September 1, 2019.(d) The forms are available through the department's website at http://www.txdot.gov.(e) Incomplete or inaccurate crash reports, with the exception of location information as described in § 25.974(b) of this subchapter (relating to Officer Accident Report Modifications), will be returned to the originating law enforcement agency for correction.43 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.977
The provisions of this §25.977 adopted to be effective October 16, 2008, 33 TexReg 8558; amended to be effective November 19, 2009, 34 TexReg 8045; amended to be effective June 16, 2011, 36 TexReg 3603; amended to be effective December 12, 2013, 38 TexReg 8928; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 41, October 12, 2018, TexReg 6850, eff. 10/17/2018