Tamiami car accident claim factors
If you live in Tamiami, a crash claim often turns on county systems rather than anything run by the CDP itself. Miami-Dade County agencies, county courts, and statewide Florida rules usually control the practical next steps, especially if you were hurt while commuting 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 Tamiami
- Miami-dade County Police Department - Sheriff and Port Services BureauCounty sheriff
- Florida Highway PatrolState patrol
How to get your Tamiami 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 lines here
Tamiami is a CDP in Miami-Dade County, so the practical pieces of a crash claim usually run through county and state bodies rather than a city police department or city courthouse. The agencies listed for this area are the Miami-dade County Police Department - Sheriff and Port Services Bureau and the Florida Highway Patrol, and the courts listed are the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County and the Miami-Dade County Court.
That county focus matters because many Tamiami residents are injured somewhere else in Miami-Dade while commuting. In 2024, Miami-Dade County recorded 29,354 injury crashes in Florida Health CHARTS data from FLHSMV records, and the county's major commute corridors include the Palmetto Expressway (SR 826) and I-95 through Miami. If your crash happened on one of those routes or elsewhere outside Tamiami, the claim usually follows the place of the crash, the responding agency, and the court with jurisdiction there, not simply your home address in Tamiami.
You should also expect countywide and statewide reporting rules to shape the first steps. Florida crash reports are confidential for 60 days after filing except for parties, insurers, attorneys, and others named by statute, and requests go through the FLHSMV crash report system. Florida's state-law rules on no-fault, comparative fault, and filing deadlines also apply, but those details are already listed elsewhere on this page.
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 Tamiami
Tamiami questions
Sources and review dates
- U.S. Census Bureau — Tamiami place GEOID 1270700, population 54,212 (2024 Population Estimates), land area 6.979 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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