Reporting an Accident

In the State of New Hampshire, any motor vehicle accident causing death, personal injury, or combined vehicle/property damage in excess of $1,000.00 must be reported in writing to the NH DMV within 15 days.

If police respond to/investigate an accident, the officer will submit a written report to the NH DMV on form DSMV 159, State of New Hampshire Uniform Police Traffic Accident Report.

If the police did not investigate, the individual operator(s) would be responsible for filing an Operator's Report (DSMV 400). This report must be mailed to:

NH Dept. of Safety
DMV - FR / Accidents
23 Hazen Drive
Concord NH 03305

Please note: Because it may take several weeks for a law enforcement agency to submit a Police Accident Report to the DMV, an operator may submit an Operator's Report to assist in an insurance claim. Once the police report is received it will be made part of the operator(s) file.

Although accidents are reported on the driving record report of each operator involved in an accident, fault is not indicated. Accident involvement will be listed on the driver record report for a period of 5 years from the date of the accident.