KCDS streamlines crash reporting across Kansas allowing for faster submission, automated verification, improved data quality, and faster access to statewide safety data. Law enforcement officers and staff will save time, improve accuracy, and have better data available. The improved crash data will be available for statewide safety analysis and provide better solutions and better results! 

• Save Time – The amount of time required by law enforcement to complete a crash report will be reduced by utilizing dropdown selections. Logic will eliminate redundant data entry where possible. No more memorizing code numbers! 

• Improve Accuracy – KCDS includes built-in data verification and validation to reduce reporting errors and the need for corrections. 

• Electronic Submission Options – KCDS was designed to accept multiple methods of submitting crash reports.

• Reporting Dashboards – KCDS provides agency-wide and individual officer crash report status and submission dashboards. 

KCDS will accept electronic submission of crash reports through three methods: the KCDS web-based data entry form, the Kansas Law Enforcement Reporting (KLER) Portal, and directly from law enforcement agencies’ Records Management System (RMS). 

• Web-Based Data Entry Form - KCDS includes a web-based data entry form that is designed with drop down lists wherever possible to decrease the time for the reporting officer to complete the crash report.  

• RMS Integration - Law enforcement agencies wishing to utilize the functionality of submitting an XML file directly from their Records Management Systems (RMS) should coordinate with KDOT by contacting kdot.kcds@ks.gov. The anticipated timeline for RMS programming work will occur in late 2026-2027. 

• KLER Portal - The ability to submit crash reports through KLER will be discontinued on December 31, 2027. For additional information about KLER, please visit KHP's website.

Law enforcement agencies will need to select their preferred electronic reporting option by September 2026. See the Modernizing Kansas Crash Reporting webpage for more information about the electronic reporting options available and how to communicate your agency's decision.

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