Free limited assistance on covered routes
Free roadside assistance in
Kansas: Motorist Assist.
Kansas Motorist Assist technicians patrol high-traffic metro highways to help stranded motorists, remove hazards and support incident traffic control.
Official sources checked October 6, 2026Call *47 to report a road hazard or request Highway Patrol help; use *KTA (*582) on the Kansas Turnpike. Call 911 for immediate danger.
Kansas City, Topeka, Wichita, Salina and Hays high-traffic areas.
Technicians are assigned to high-traffic areas; the current public page does not publish a consumer schedule.
At a glance
Key facts about Motorist Assist
This record separates the program operator, request method and actual patrol coverage so motorists can see what the published service does—and what it does not promise.
- Official program
- Kansas Motorist Assist Program
- Operating agency
- Kansas Highway Patrol and Kansas Department of Transportation
- Published cost
- Free limited assistance on covered routes
- Service area
- Kansas City, Topeka, Wichita, Salina and Hays high-traffic areas.
- Request or dispatch route
- Call *47 to report a road hazard or request Highway Patrol help; use *KTA (*582) on the Kansas Turnpike. Call 911 for immediate danger.
- Information checked
- October 6, 2026
Operator and base
Who runs Motorist Assist
Kansas Highway Patrol and Kansas Department of Transportation administers or operates this public motorist-assistance program. The service works through mobile patrol vehicles and traffic-management dispatch rather than as a repair shop that motorists visit.
The official program material reviewed for this page does not publish a public walk-in patrol base. Use the request or dispatch method above rather than traveling to an agency office for roadside help.
Patrol footprint
Where and when the service operates
Kansas City, Topeka, Wichita, Salina and Hays high-traffic areas.
Technicians are assigned to high-traffic areas; the current public page does not publish a consumer schedule.
The operating agency publishes coverage as a corridor, route or patrol-area description rather than a guaranteed pickup radius. A vehicle inside the described area is not guaranteed an available unit.
Published assistance
What Motorist Assist can provide
These services are summarized from the operating agency's current public information. The attending operator decides what is safe and available at the scene.
- Flat-tire assistance
- Battery jump-start
- Emergency fuel
- Road-debris removal
- Traffic control at crashes
Before relying on it
Coverage and service limits
- This is limited safety assistance, not a replacement for private towing or repair.
- The public page does not promise on-demand service or a response time.
- Exact patrol routes and hours are not published on the current program page.
If you are stranded
What to do before help arrives
These steps combine the program's published request guidance with basic roadside-safety precautions. Conditions at the scene always take priority.
- 01
Move as far away from live traffic as safely possible and switch on the vehicle's hazard lights.
- 02
Use the published request method for this program: Call *47 to report a road hazard or request Highway Patrol help; use *KTA (*582) on the Kansas Turnpike. Call 911 for immediate danger.
- 03
Call 911 for a crash, injury, fire, vehicle in a live lane or any other immediate danger.
Primary-source record
Check the operating agency
Routes, hours and program rules can change. Use the official sources below for the latest operating information.
