Truck Accidents in Clearwater, FL

The Clearwater Police Department works crashes inside the city, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office covers unincorporated areas, and Florida Highway Patrol usually takes US-19 where it runs as a state highway. The report is filed with FLHSMV and can be requested through the state crash portal. If it happened on the beach side, ask the officer which agency is writing it before the tow truck arrives.

Pinellas County, in the Sixth Judicial Circuit, which also covers Pasco County. The main Pinellas courthouse is in Clearwater, and the county runs another in St. Petersburg. Smaller civil claims are heard in county court and larger ones in circuit court. Which side your claim falls on depends on the amount, and we are not a law firm, so an attorney answers that.

Florida PIP can follow you on foot, so your own auto policy or a household member's may still pay the first medical bills. If the driver was visiting, you may be dealing with an out-of-state insurer and slower phone calls. Ask the responding officer to note exactly where you were in the crosswalk. That detail gets argued about later.

In Florida, the deadline is generally 2 years from the date of the accident. Reduced from 4 to 2 years by HB 837 (2023). Wrongful death 2 years. Medical 2 years. Deadlines are strict — the sooner you act, the more options you have.