FAQs From People Involved in a Crash

• I was involved in an automobile crash caused by someone else. Who can I turn to for help in recovering damages to my vehicle and for my injuries?

• What type of automobile insurance coverage is required for a person causing a crash?

• What should I do if I am involved in an automobile crash?

• What if I am unable to contact my insurance agent to represent me and determine the at-fault party is insured or uninsured?

• What if I am involved in a crash and desire to know the insurance coverage for the other party?

• What will be required of the at-fault owner/operator when the accident report is processed?

• If I am approached by the at-fault party regarding releases, what should I do?

• What information is required of me at the scene of a crash, if I am at fault?

• If I cause an accident involving personal injury and vehicle damage and I am not insured, what should I do?

• If I have obtained the Form SR-22 and the releases for damages and/or injuries, what should I do with them?

• As the person causing the crash, am I subject to lawsuits initiated by the victims or their insurance companies?

• If I own a vehicle and the operator caused an accident involving only property damages, will it come under the Florida Financial Responsibility Law?

• If I own a vehicle involved in a crash caused by the operator of my vehicle, no one was injured and I was not insured, what should I do?

• If neither the owner or operator of the at-fault vehicle carried full coverage on the date of a crash involving personal injuries, what will happen?