Why would a county court handle my Kendall case?

Because Kendall is listed here as a CDP within Miami-Dade County, and the courts in the DATA block are the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County and Miami-Dade County Court. In practice, that means a lawsuit tied to a Kendall-area crash usually runs through the county court system rather than a separate Kendall municipal court.

What if I live in Kendall but was injured somewhere else in Miami-Dade County?

Your claim is tied to where the crash happened, not your home address. If the wreck was on I-95 through Miami, US-1 / South Dixie Highway, or the Palmetto Expressway (SR 826), the investigating agency, report, and court path are driven by that crash location.

Does it matter which road my crash happened on?

Yes. The county data specifically identifies I-95 through Miami, US-1 / South Dixie Highway, and the Palmetto Expressway (SR 826) as major crash corridors. Those roads can involve different agencies, different report details, and different fact patterns than a neighborhood collision inside Kendall.

How do I get the crash report after a Kendall-area collision?

The report request process runs through FLHSMV at the crash report portal listed in the DATA block. Also note the Florida rule stated there: crash reports are confidential for 60 days after filing, with access during that period limited to parties identified by statute.

I was hurt commuting from Kendall. Is this still a Kendall claim page issue?

Often only partly. This page is most useful for understanding that Kendall residents usually rely on Miami-Dade County systems. If your crash happened elsewhere in the county during your commute, the more relevant details are the road, the responding agency, and the county court structure named here, not Kendall as a standalone municipality.

Miami-Dade County

Kendall car accident claim factors

Kendall is a census-designated place in Miami-Dade County, not a separate city with its own full court and enforcement system. If you were hurt here, or you live in Kendall and were hurt somewhere else in the county during your commute, the practical questions usually run through county and state systems such as the Miami-dade County Police Department - Sheriff and Port Services Bureau, the Florida Highway Patrol, and the Miami-Dade County courts.

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60,000

Miami-Dade County crashes, 2024

29,354

People reported injured

282

People killed, 2024

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Local data

Miami-Dade County crash snapshot

Reported by Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles for 2024. Kendall sits in Miami-Dade County, and most local crash data is published at the county level rather than by city.

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.

Who responded

Agencies that respond to crashes in Kendall

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

Miami-dade County Police Department - Sheriff and Port Services BureauCounty sheriff
Florida Highway PatrolState patrol

Your crash report

How to get your Kendall crash report

Where to request it: https://www.flhsmv.gov/traffic-crash-reports/

Venue

Courts that hear Miami-Dade County civil cases

Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County

General civil claims

Miami-Dade County Court

Smaller civil claims

Local factors

What matters in a Kendall claim

Kendall is a CDP in Miami-Dade County with a population of 80,241, so most of the infrastructure that matters after a crash is county or state-run rather than municipal. That usually means law enforcement involvement from the Miami-dade County Police Department - Sheriff and Port Services Bureau or the Florida Highway Patrol, and court handling in the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County or Miami-Dade County Court depending on the case. In 2024, Miami-Dade County recorded 29,354 injury crashes, according to Florida Health CHARTS using FLHSMV records, which is a reminder that even when your mailing address says Kendall, your claim process is tied to the county system around you.

A lot of Kendall claims are really commute claims. If you live in Kendall but were hit on the Palmetto Expressway (SR 826), on US-1 / South Dixie Highway, or farther north on I-95 through Miami, the claim belongs to the place where the crash happened, not where you live. That affects which agency investigated, where the report came from, and which court may end up handling a lawsuit. In Miami-Dade County, 2024 crash totals were published as 60,000 total crashes by Florida Health CHARTS, while the FLHSMV Crash Dashboard separately reported 268 fatal crashes and 282 fatalities for the county in 2024, so location details matter because the county includes very different roads and crash patterns.

One practical issue early on is getting the report and matching it to the right jurisdiction. Florida crash reports are confidential for 60 days after filing, with release during that period limited to people listed by statute, and the report request process runs through FLHSMV. So if your crash happened in Kendall, in another part of Miami-Dade County, or on a state road investigated by Florida Highway Patrol, start with the report and agency details first, then use the Florida law sections below for deadlines and fault rules rather than assuming Kendall has its own separate local system.

Florida law

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%.

Deadlines

Florida 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

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.

Case types

Claims we can estimate in Kendall

Auto accident Personal injury Medical malpractice Workplace injury Product liability Wrongful death

Local questions

Kendall questions

Usually a county or state agency, not a separate Kendall city department. The DATA block names the Miami-dade County Police Department - Sheriff and Port Services Bureau and the Florida Highway Patrol, so the responding agency often depends on exactly where the crash happened and whether it was on a state roadway.

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 — Kendall place GEOID 1236100, population 80,241 (2024 Population Estimates), land area 16.099 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

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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