Kendale Lakes car accident claims
Kendale Lakes is a census-designated place in Miami-Dade County, so most of the systems that matter after a crash are county systems, not a separate city police department or courthouse. If you live here but were hurt somewhere else in Miami-Dade or on a state route, the claim usually follows where the crash happened and which agency investigated it.
60,000
Miami-Dade County crashes, 2024
29,354
People reported injured
282
People killed, 2024
50%
Fault bars recovery above
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Miami-Dade County crash snapshot
60,000
Reported crashes in 2024
29,354
People reported injured
164
Crashes per day, on average
Source: Florida Health CHARTS — Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes, Ten Years Data by County (Florida Department of Health, from FLHSMV records). Miami-Dade is published as a rounded figure of 60,000 for 2024.. Reviewed 2026-07-29.
Agencies that respond to crashes in Kendale Lakes
- Miami-dade County Police Department - Sheriff and Port Services BureauCounty sheriff
- Florida Highway PatrolState patrol
How to get your Kendale Lakes crash report
- Where to request it
- https://www.flhsmv.gov/traffic-crash-reports/
Courts that hear Miami-Dade County civil cases
Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County
General civil claims
Miami-Dade County Court
Smaller civil claims
County systems matter more than municipal lines here
Kendale Lakes is a CDP in Miami-Dade County, not an incorporated city with its own court system in this data. That usually means the practical steps after a crash point outward to county and state bodies, including the Miami-dade County Police Department - Sheriff and Port Services Bureau and, for some highway crashes, the Florida Highway Patrol. If a report was filed, Florida crash reports are confidential for 60 days after filing, with access during that period limited as described in the statute referenced on this page.
If your case reaches court, it will usually be handled in the county court structure shown here, not in a Kendale Lakes courthouse. The page data lists the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County and the Miami-Dade County Court, which is why the county name matters more than the CDP boundary when you are figuring out where a claim or lawsuit belongs.
Many Kendale Lakes residents are injured while commuting across the county rather than inside the neighborhood itself. In Miami-Dade County, 2024 crash data published through Florida Health CHARTS from FLHSMV records shows 60,000 total crashes and 29,354 injury crashes, and the county's major corridors include the Palmetto Expressway (SR 826), I-95 through Miami, and US-1 / South Dixie Highway. If your crash happened on one of those routes or elsewhere outside Kendale Lakes, the controlling jurisdiction usually depends on where the crash occurred and which agency responded, not on your home address.
How fault is allocated in Florida
Florida 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 Florida bars recovery above 50%.
Florida filing deadlines
2 years
Personal injury
2 years
Wrongful death
3 years
Claim against a government agency
Reviewed 2026-07-29. Not yet reviewed by a licensed attorney. This is general information, not legal advice.
Claims we can estimate in Kendale Lakes
Kendale Lakes questions
Sources and review dates
- U.S. Census Bureau — Kendale Lakes place GEOID 1236062, population 55,646 (2024 Population Estimates), land area 8.075 sq mi (2023 Gazetteer).
- Florida Health CHARTS — Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes, Ten Years Data by County (Florida Department of Health, from FLHSMV records). Miami-Dade is published as a rounded figure of 60,000 for 2024. · reviewed 2026-07-29
- FLHSMV Crash Dashboard · reviewed 2026-07-29
- 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
- Florida Constitution Article V, and the Florida State Courts System trial court structure · reviewed 2026-07-30
- Fla. Stat. § 95.11 — Limitations other than for the recovery of real property · reviewed 2026-07-29
- Fla. Stat. § 768.81 — Comparative fault · reviewed 2026-07-29
- Fla. Stat. § 627.736 — Required personal injury protection benefits · reviewed 2026-07-29
- Fla. Stat. § 768.28 — Waiver of sovereign immunity in tort actions · reviewed 2026-07-29
- Florida DHSMV — Insurance requirements · reviewed 2026-07-29
- North Broward Hospital District v. Kalitan, 219 So. 3d 49 (Fla. 2017) · reviewed 2026-07-29
- Fla. Stat. § 768.73 — Punitive damages; limitation · reviewed 2026-07-29
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