Pedestrian Accidents in Pompano Beach, FL

The Broward Sheriff's Office provides police service in Pompano Beach, so most city crash reports come from BSO rather than a city department. Florida Highway Patrol usually takes I-95 and the Turnpike. Either way it is filed with FLHSMV, and you can request a copy from the state crash portal or the responding agency. Ask for the case number at the scene.

Broward County, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, with filings handled at the county courts in Fort Lauderdale. Pompano Beach is close to the Palm Beach County line, and a crash north of it would go to the Fifteenth Circuit instead. Smaller civil claims go to county court, the larger ones to circuit court. Which is yours is a lawyer's question, and we are not a law firm.

The road decides the agency, not the postcard. A1A along the beach can be worked by the sheriff's office, and the drawbridge at the Hillsboro Inlet stops traffic in a way drivers behind you don't always expect. For the claim, nothing changes: PIP first, fault second, two years to file. Note whether the bridge was up when you were hit.

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.