Car accident injury help in Florida
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Car accident injury help in Florida: what to do after a car accident, why you may feel sore later, and the areas where a local clinic can see you.
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Florida law generally requires an initial medical evaluation or treatment within 14 days of the accident for Personal Injury Protection (PIP) insurance to cover care (Fla. Stat. 627.736).
Emergency care has its own rules. Confirm your coverage with your insurer.
If this is an emergency, call 911 or get medical care right away.
What to do next
Five things, in this order
Get checked by a local clinic on your city page. The local clinic for your area will call or text you back. You don't have to call anyone.
Get your crash report. The officer's report is filed with the state within a few days. How to get it
Save photos and details. Damage, the scene, the other driver's information, anything you were told.
Tell your insurance company. Report the accident to your own insurer, even if it wasn't your fault.
Your next step
Get seen this week
We don't have a clinic partner in your area yet. The steps above are the same wherever you are in Florida. Ask a licensed medical provider near you whether they see patients after a car accident and take PIP.
Your ZIP is used only to pick the clinic. Nothing is saved.
Now serving Polk County. More areas soon.
Hurting after an accident? Neck pain, Sore all over, Back pain, Shoulder pain, Chest soreness
Roads by county
Accident counts and live status by road
- Brevard County
- Broward County
- Collier County
- Columbia County
- Duval County
- Escambia County
- Hernando County
- Hillsborough County
- Lake County
- Lee County
- Madison County
- Manatee County
- Marion County
- Martin County
- Miami-Dade County
- Monroe County
- Orange County
- Osceola County
- Palm Beach County
- Pasco County
- Pinellas County
- Polk County
- Santa Rosa County
- Sarasota County
- Seminole County
- St. Johns County
- St. Lucie County
- Volusia County
Questions people ask
In Florida, your own car insurance pays for your care after an accident, whoever caused it. Florida law generally requires an initial medical evaluation or treatment within 14 days of the accident for Personal Injury Protection (PIP) insurance to cover care (Fla. Stat. 627.736). Emergency care has its own rules. Confirm your coverage with your insurer. How much it covers depends on your policy.
Many accident injuries show up a day or two later, once the adrenaline wears off. Florida's 14-day rule for PIP (Fla. Stat. 627.736) generally applies either way, so most people go even when nothing hurts yet.
PIP is coverage you already pay for. Whether a claim changes your premium depends on your insurer and on what happened, so ask your own insurer before you decide.
The clinic asks what happened and where it hurts, checks how you move, and tells you whether you need imaging or more care. It is an appointment, not a commitment to anything.
Sources
Florida's Personal Injury Protection (PIP) rules are in Fla. Stat. 627.736, published by the Florida Legislature.
How to request a crash report: Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
Live accident counts come from Florida Highway Patrol's public live traffic report.