Opa-locka Car Accident Claims
If you live in Opa-locka, a crash claim often runs through county and state systems rather than city institutions. Opa Locka Police Department may respond inside the city, but many cases involve the Miami-dade County Police Department - Sheriff and Port Services Bureau, the Florida Highway Patrol, and the Miami-Dade County courts, especially when the collision happened during a commute elsewhere in the county.
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 Opa-locka
Opa Locka Police Department
City police
Miami-dade County Police Department - Sheriff and Port Services Bureau
County sheriff
Florida Highway Patrol
State patrol
How to get your Opa-locka 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 city limits
Opa-locka is a small city of 16,507 people in 4.308 square miles, so a lot of the infrastructure behind a claim sits at the county or state level. Inside the city, Opa Locka Police Department may be the responding agency, but crashes on county routes or larger roads may involve the Miami-dade County Police Department - Sheriff and Port Services Bureau or the Florida Highway Patrol. In Miami-Dade County overall, FLHSMV reported 268 fatal crashes and 282 fatalities in 2024, which is a reminder that even a local claim is usually part of a much larger county system.
If you were injured commuting, the claim usually follows the place of the crash, not your home address. A wreck in Miami, on I-95 through Miami, on the Palmetto Expressway (SR 826), or along US-1 / South Dixie Highway is still handled based on that crash location and the agency that investigated it. For 2024, Florida Health CHARTS published 60,000 total crashes and 29,354 injury crashes for Miami-Dade County from FLHSMV records, so many Opa-locka residents end up dealing with claims outside the city itself.
The same point applies to court. A lawsuit tied to an Opa-locka-area crash is generally filed in the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County or the Miami-Dade County Court, because the county court system serves this city. The page already shows Florida's fault and deadline rules, and those statewide rules still apply whether your collision happened in Opa-locka or elsewhere in Miami-Dade County.
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.
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Opa-locka questions
Sources and review dates
- U.S. Census Bureau — Opa-locka place GEOID 1251650, population 16,507 (2024 Population Estimates), land area 4.308 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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