I live in The Crossings but was hurt in Miami during my commute. Which page matters more?

Usually the more relevant page is the one for the place where the crash happened, because the responding agency, report, and court path follow the crash location. That is especially true on county corridors such as I-95 through Miami, US-1 / South Dixie Highway, or the Palmetto Expressway (SR 826).

Does it matter whether the crash happened on a major highway instead of near my neighborhood?

Yes. A crash on I-95 through Miami or the Palmetto Expressway (SR 826) may involve Florida Highway Patrol or a different reporting path than a local road crash. The location can also affect which evidence you need first, including the correct crash report.

Can I get the crash report right away?

Not always. The claims data says Florida crash reports are confidential for 60 days after filing, with release during that period limited to people and entities named in the statute, including involved parties, attorneys, and insurers.

Miami-Dade County

The Crossings, Florida Car Accident Claims

The Crossings is a census-designated place in Miami-Dade County, not a separate court or sheriff system. If you were hurt here, or you live here and were injured on a commute elsewhere in the county, the practical next steps usually involve county agencies, Florida Highway Patrol, and the Miami-Dade trial courts.

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60,000

Miami-Dade County crashes, 2024

29,354

People reported injured

282

People killed, 2024

50%

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Local data

Miami-Dade County crash snapshot

Reported by Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles for 2024. The Crossings 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 The Crossings

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 The Crossings 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

County systems matter more than the CDP line

In The Crossings, most of the claim infrastructure sits at the county or state level. The place itself is a CDP with a population of 23,276, and the agencies listed for crash response are the Miami-dade County Police Department - Sheriff and Port Services Bureau and the Florida Highway Patrol. If your crash happened on a county road or a larger route, the responding agency and the report will usually matter more than the municipal name on your mailing address.

If you live in The Crossings but were injured during a commute, the claim usually follows where the crash happened, not where you live. That matters in a county as large as Miami-Dade, where the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles reports 60,000 total crashes and 29,354 injury crashes in 2024 through Florida Health CHARTS, while the FLHSMV Crash Dashboard reports 268 fatal crashes and 282 fatalities in 2024. A wreck on the Palmetto Expressway (SR 826), I-95 through Miami, or US-1 / South Dixie Highway may have a different responding agency and a different court path than a neighborhood collision near home.

If a lawsuit is needed, the listed trial courts are the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County and the Miami-Dade County Court, which is why these cases are handled through the county court system rather than by any court specific to The Crossings. Florida's fault and deadline rules are shown elsewhere on this page, and the crash-report process also has a 60-day confidentiality period after filing under the Florida rule described in the claims data.

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 The Crossings

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

Local questions

The Crossings questions

The agencies listed for this area are the Miami-dade County Police Department - Sheriff and Port Services Bureau and the Florida Highway Patrol. Which one handled your crash depends more on where it happened and the road involved than on the fact that your address is in The Crossings.

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 — The Crossings place GEOID 1271567, population 23,276 (2024 Population Estimates), land area 3.438 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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