Carfax announced Wednesday it’s now able to provide instant automobile accident reports. This is done by utilizing Crashdocs.org, which helps provide crash reports from police departments all over the United States, with the number of agencies providing data growing. According to the company, insurers, lawyers and other such interested parties can order the reports and view many of them immediately, with no added convenience fee.

“Our insurance company uses Crashdocs exclusively and they have exceeded our expectations,” said Eugene Clauser, the claims manager at National Heritage Insurance Co. in Illinois. “The website is easy to use and one of the things we like best is that a number of the reports we purchase are available right away. That is invaluable to us in expediting claims and keeping our insured satisfied. Plus, the Carfax staff is helpful anytime we have a question. It’s an outstanding service.”

The aim of the service is to save customers time from having to contact individual police departments or pay extreme fees to access the crash reports. According to Lindy Newsome, the police support specialist with the Billings Police in Montana, the benefit of Crashdocs is experiences on both sides of the situation.

“The Billings Police Department has distributed accident reports online through Crashdocs the last four years with great success,” Newsome said. “We’ve virtually eliminated the need to mail out reports, a significant cost savings when compounded. Just as important, we save loads of time without any mail requests coming in and very few window requests to fulfill. The convenience of downloading a crash report at work or home is a real benefit for insurance companies and our constituents.”

More information can be found on the Crashdocs website.