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SCAM ALERT:  A current text message smishing scam claims recipients owe money associated with traffic tickets, tolls, and other fines.  These are not legitimate messages from the Illinois Department of Transportation.  If you receive a message report it to the Federal Trade Commission and/or the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center.

Paper Reporting

The SR 1050 is the only crash report form approved by the department, as the designated Administrator of crash information for the State of Illinois, for use in reporting crash investigations to the Office of Planning and Programming's Bureau of Data Collection. No other crash report form is authorized. Traffic Crash Report forms are printed and furnished by the IDOT's Bureau of Data Collection. To request forms and other crash reporting materials, or to obtain further information:

It is extremely important that all required fields on the SR 1050 be completed accurately, completely, and legibly. The SR 1050 manual has been created to assist local law enforcement agencies in filing out the forms.

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