Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-10-114 (2026)
Public inspection of reports relating to accidents
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) All accident reports made by any person or by garages shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting, and shall be for the confidential use of the department or other state agencies having use of the records for accident prevention purposes, or for the administration of the laws of this state relating to the deposit of security and proof of financial responsibility by persons driving or the owners of motor vehicles, except that the department may disclose the identity of a person involved in an accident when the identity is not otherwise known or when the person denies having been present at the accident.
- (b) No reports or information mentioned in this section shall be used as evidence in any trial, civil or criminal, arising out of an accident, except that the department shall furnish upon demand of any party to the trial, or upon demand of any court, a certificate showing that a specified accident report has or has not been made to the department in compliance with law.
Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 91; T.C.A., § 59-1014.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1995–2015 · leading case: Crusoe v. Davis, 176 So. 3d 1200 (Ala. 2015).
Crusoe v. Davis, 176 So. 3d 1200 (Ala. 2015). “…accident reports made by any person or by garages shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting. ...” Tenn.Code Ann. § 55-10-114(a).”
State of Tennessee v. Deborah Davis (Tenn. Crim. App. 2012). “” With respect to the required written reports that drivers involved in traffic accidents must file with the department of safety, section 55-10-114 provides in whole the following: (a) All accident reports made by any person or by garages shall be without prejudice to the…”
Mark Graham v. Michael J. Mohr (Tenn. Ct. App. 2002). “In the absence of one of these two scenarios, the reading of the report would have been a violation of T.C.A. § 55-10-114(b). III. The judgment of the trial court is affirmed.”
Robert D. Gray v. Andy B. Roten, II & Gary B. Roten (Tenn. Ct. App. 2011). “1966) (construing Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-10-114 (b)). -7- and scientific matters, are not ordinarily conclusive in the sense that they must be accepted as true on the subject of their testimony, but are purely advisory in character and the trier of facts may place whatever weight…”
Laura Coffey v. Cherokee Aviation, Inc. (Tenn. Ct. App. 1995). “Section 55-10-114(b) is their inherent unreliabiltiy.”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-10-114(a) — 2 cases
Crusoe v. Davis, 176 So. 3d 1200 (Ala. 2015). “…accident reports made by any person or by garages shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting. ...” Tenn.Code Ann. § 55-10-114(a).”
State of Tennessee v. Deborah Davis (Tenn. Crim. App. 2012). “” With respect to the required written reports that drivers involved in traffic accidents must file with the department of safety, section 55-10-114 provides in whole the following: (a) All accident reports made by any person or by garages shall be without prejudice to the…”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-10-114(b) — 3 cases
State of Tennessee v. Deborah Davis (Tenn. Crim. App. 2012). “” With respect to the required written reports that drivers involved in traffic accidents must file with the department of safety, section 55-10-114 provides in whole the following: (a) All accident reports made by any person or by garages shall be without prejudice to the…”
Mark Graham v. Michael J. Mohr (Tenn. Ct. App. 2002). “In the absence of one of these two scenarios, the reading of the report would have been a violation of T.C.A. § 55-10-114(b). III. The judgment of the trial court is affirmed.”
Laura Coffey v. Cherokee Aviation, Inc. (Tenn. Ct. App. 1995). “Section 55-10-114(b) is their inherent unreliabiltiy.”
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