Truck accident lawyer in Miami and South Florida

Trucks on South Florida roads

A semi-trailer, a delivery box truck, a cement mixer and a dump truck can weigh many times more than the car beside it, so when they collide with ordinary vehicles the people in the smaller vehicle are the ones most likely to be seriously hurt.

Our Miami office, at 1111 Brickell Ave, 10th Floor, Miami, FL 33131, meets people injured in truck crashes by appointment, in English or Spanish. Consultations are free and confidential. Our statewide truck accident page covers the Florida-wide rules.

Short answer: after a truck crash, get medical care, take photos that show the truck's company name and DOT number, avoid recorded statements to the carrier's insurer, and speak to a lawyer soon so that records can be preserved.

What federal crash records show

The Fatality Analysis Reporting System lists 267 fatal crashes involving a medium or heavy truck (over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight) in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Monroe counties from 2019–2023. That is about 7% of the 3,730 fatal crashes in the four counties.

Miami-Dade County accounts for 93 of them. FARS counts only crashes in which someone died; many serious truck crashes without a death are not in these figures.

Roads

The roads named most often in Miami-Dade fatal crashes are US 1, SR 9, I-95 and US 27. Broward's list reads I-95, US 1, US 441 and I-75, while Palm Beach's reads I-95, SR 809, US 1 and US 441. Trucks tend to be most dangerous where they must merge, brake or turn near passenger traffic, such as at interchanges, work zones and shopping-center entrances.

What we ask carriers to keep

Under the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, carriers and drivers must maintain certain records, and some are kept for only a short period. Depending on the crash, a preservation request may cover:

• driver logs and electronic logging data;
• the driver's qualification and drug-testing records;
• maintenance and inspection records;
• dispatch records, route information and bills of lading;
• onboard camera and event recorder data;
• cell phone use records, where relevant.

A letter does not guarantee that anything survives, but it puts the carrier on notice. We send them early.

More than one defendant

In truck cases, responsibility can be shared by the driver, the carrier, a broker, a shipper or loader, a maintenance contractor or a manufacturer. Florida's comparative fault rule means each party's share of responsibility can matter: in most negligence cases, a person found more than 50% at fault for their own harm generally cannot recover (Fla. Stat. § 768.81). See our comparative fault guide.

Where injured people are treated

For Miami-area counties, the Florida Department of Health's July 23, 2026 list shows:

Keep every record, including ambulance bills and imaging.

Courts

Venue follows the county: Eleventh Judicial Circuit for Miami-Dade, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit for Broward, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit for Palm Beach, Sixteenth Judicial Circuit for Monroe. County courts hear claims up to $50,000 and circuit courts hear larger ones; serious truck cases are usually in circuit court. Two years is the general limit for a negligence suit arising from an incident after March 24, 2023, as set by Fla. Stat. § 95.11. See our deadline guide.

Communities nearest our Miami office

The table lists the bigger communities closest to our Miami office, using straight-line distances.

First days after a truck crash

1. Call 911 and get care for every symptom.
2. Photograph the truck, its company name, USDOT number and plates, and the scene.
3. Collect witness details; other drivers often saw what happened.
4. Do not give a recorded statement to the carrier's insurer.
5. Keep bills, letters and a symptom journal.
6. Call a lawyer quickly so records can be preserved.

Port, warehouse and delivery traffic

South Florida has a large amount of freight and delivery traffic, from container hauls to last-mile vans. Different kinds of trucks mean different companies, different insurers and different rules. A tractor-trailer owned by a national carrier is a different case from a delivery truck operated by a local subcontractor, even when the crash looks similar. Identifying whose truck it was, and who was responsible for the driver, is therefore an early step.

Dealing with the insurers

Carrier insurers often contact injured people quickly. They may sound sympathetic and ask for a recorded statement or a medical release. You are not required to give either on the first call. Provide your name and the facts of the crash if you wish, and let a lawyer handle the rest. Keep notes of any call: date, caller and what was said.

When the injury is serious

If you or a family member face a long recovery or have lost a loved one, the claim involves more than medical bills: long-term care, lost earning capacity and, in a fatal case, losses to the family. Those items are evaluated differently from short-term injuries, and it is better to have the whole picture before talking about a number.

After a crash, who is on the scene

Police, tow operators, the carrier's own safety staff and sometimes a company investigator may all show up at a truck crash. Company investigators work for the carrier. You can be polite and decline to answer questions, and you should avoid signing anything. Take your own photographs and ask for the officer's name and the report number before you leave, if you are able.

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General information, not legal advice. Reading this page does not create an attorney-client relationship, and every case depends on its own facts. For qualifying personal injury matters the firm works on a contingency-fee basis, so attorney fees are not collected unless there is a recovery. Last updated: 2026-10-16.

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