What if I live in Alice but was injured somewhere else?

Your claim usually follows where the crash happened, not where you live. That means the police report, court, and local procedures are usually tied to the city or county where the collision occurred.

How do I get the crash report for an Alice-area collision?

Texas CR-3 crash reports are purchased through the TxDOT CRIS portal at https://cris.dot.state.tx.us/public/Purchase/app/home. The data for this page states they are typically available within a few days of filing.

Are the crash numbers on this page for Alice only?

No. The fatal-crash figures provided here are county figures for Jim Wells County. The 2023 NHTSA FARS file recorded 11 fatal crashes, 16 fatalities, and 1 pedestrian fatality in the county, not just within Alice.

Jim Wells County

Alice, Texas Injury Claim Factors

If you were hurt in Alice, the practical steps often run through Jim Wells County rather than the city alone. Alice has its own police department, but county courts, the sheriff, and the Texas crash-report system often matter more once you start an injury claim.

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Who responded

Agencies that respond to crashes in Alice

Which agency attended determines who to contact about an incomplete or incorrect report.

Alice Police Department

City police

Jim Wells County Sheriff's Office

County sheriff

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Rangers

State patrol

Your crash report

How to get your Alice crash report

Where to request it: https://cris.dot.state.tx.us/public/Purchase/app/home

Venue

Courts that hear Jim Wells County civil cases

Jim Wells County District Courts

General civil claims

Jim Wells County Court at Law

Smaller civil claims

Local factors

What matters most in an Alice claim

Alice is a city of 17,595 people, so a lot of the claim process still points to county systems. You may deal with the Alice Police Department for a city crash, but the Jim Wells County Sheriff's Office can be the responding agency outside city jurisdiction, and civil cases are generally filed in the Jim Wells County District Courts or the Jim Wells County Court at Law.

Many Alice residents are injured somewhere else during daily travel, and the claim usually follows the place of the crash, not your home address. If the collision happened in Alice, the report may come from the Alice Police Department or the Jim Wells County Sheriff's Office, and Texas CR-3 reports are purchased through the TxDOT CRIS portal. If the crash happened outside Alice, the agency, court, and local page for that location will usually be more useful than this one.

It also helps to keep the scale of local crash risk in mind without overstating what is city-specific. In Jim Wells County, the 2023 NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System recorded 11 fatal crashes and 16 fatalities, including 1 pedestrian fatality. Those are county figures, not Alice-only figures, which is why county agencies and courts are the right starting point for many claims here.

Texas law

How fault is allocated in Texas

Texas follows modified comparative negligence with a 50% bar. Below that line your recovery is reduced in proportion to your fault. Above it, you recover nothing at all, which makes the fault allocation the central dispute in most contested claims.

As an example, a $100,000 claim in which you are found 20% responsible would yield $80,000. The same claim with 51% responsibility attributed to you would yield nothing, because Texas bars recovery above 50%.

Deadlines

Texas filing deadlines

Missing a deadline generally ends a claim regardless of how strong it is. Government claims are on a much shorter clock than ordinary claims.

2 years

Personal injury

2 years

Wrongful death

6 months

Claim against a government agency

Reviewed 2026-07-29. Not yet reviewed by a licensed attorney. This is general information, not legal advice.

Case types

Claims we can estimate in Alice

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Local questions

Alice questions

Inside city limits, that may be the Alice Police Department. Outside city jurisdiction in Jim Wells County, it may be the Jim Wells County Sheriff's Office. In some situations, a state agency such as the Texas Department of Public Safety may also be involved.

Transparency

Sources and review dates

Every figure on this page traces to one of the sources below. Geography and population come from the U.S. Census Bureau.

U.S. Census Bureau — Alice place GEOID 4801852, population 17,595 (2024 Population Estimates), land area 11.992 sq mi (2023 Gazetteer).
NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 2023 national file · reviewed 2026-07-30
HIFLD Local Law Enforcement Locations, derived from the BJS Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies (2008), imagery-validated to 2018 · reviewed 2026-07-30
Texas Judicial Branch — Court Structure of Texas · reviewed 2026-07-30
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.003 — Two-year limitations period · reviewed 2026-07-29
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ch. 33 — Proportionate responsibility · reviewed 2026-07-29
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 101.101 — Tort Claims Act notice · reviewed 2026-07-29
Tex. Transp. Code § 601.072 — Minimum financial responsibility amounts · reviewed 2026-07-29
Texas Department of Insurance — Auto insurance guide · reviewed 2026-07-29
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 74.301 — Limitation on noneconomic damages · reviewed 2026-07-29
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 41.008 — Limitation on amount of recovery · reviewed 2026-07-29
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 101.023 — Limitation on amount of liability · reviewed 2026-07-29

About this page

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Local commentary on this page was prepared 2026-07-31 and checked automatically against the sources cited on this page. It has not been individually reviewed by a person.

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