Pedestrian Accidents in Hoover, AL

The Hoover Police Department works crashes inside the city, including the US-31 and Galleria-area streets that see the most of them. I-459 and I-65 wrecks are often Alabama State Troopers. If the crash was just over a line, it may be a Jefferson or Shelby County Sheriff's report instead. Alabama releases crash reports through a state portal, usually several days out. Get the report number before you leave.

Where you live is not the deciding factor. Where the crash happened is. Hoover sits in both Jefferson and Shelby counties, and our listing for the city is the Jefferson County Circuit Court, which itself splits into a Birmingham division and a Bessemer division. A licensed Alabama attorney works out the right one. We are not a law firm, so we cannot.

It can be. Private property changes some of the mechanics, because police may not work a low-speed parking-lot crash the way they work a highway collision, and without a report the fault question comes down to what each driver says afterward. That is a hard place to stand under a rule where any fault on you ends the claim. Photograph everything, including where the cars came to rest.

In Alabama, the deadline is generally 2 years from the date of the accident. 2 years personal injury; wrongful death 2 years (measured from death). Deadlines are strict — the sooner you act, the more options you have.