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Miami Beach · Car accidents
Crashes in Miami Beach tend to happen in heavy, slow traffic, and the details of the street matter.
Tomas Robirosa is a car accident lawyer Miami Beach drivers, passengers and visitors can call after a crash on the island. He keeps his office in Miami Beach, knows how traffic moves here, and can review what happened and explain your options in English or Spanish. Call (305) 600-0529 for a free case review.
Most Miami Beach crashes happen on a short list of roads. Collins Avenue carries State Road A1A through the city, with hotel driveways, valet stands and pedestrians crossing in the middle of the block. Alton Road, State Road 907, runs along the bay side from Fifth Street to 63rd Street and fills up with local traffic and people heading to the causeways.
The causeways bring another kind of crash. Traffic comes off the MacArthur Causeway at Fifth Street, off the Julia Tuttle onto 41st Street, and off the John F. Kennedy Causeway onto 71st Street in North Beach. Drivers merging, changing lanes at speed and braking suddenly near the island end of a bridge are common patterns. The Venetian Causeway has drawbridges, so stopped traffic and rear-end collisions are possible there too.
On streets such as Washington Avenue and Fifth Street, crashes often involve rideshare cars stopping without warning, delivery vans double-parked in a lane, or a driver turning across a crosswalk.
The first question is usually who was at fault and how that can be shown. That means the police report, photos, witness names, and sometimes video from a nearby building or a car's dash camera. Video is often recorded over within days, so asking for it early matters.
Inside the city, the Miami Beach Police Department usually writes the report. On the causeways, the Florida Highway Patrol has investigated crashes, so the report may come from that agency instead.
The second question is insurance. Florida is a no-fault state, so your own Personal Injury Protection (PIP) generally pays first, up to the policy limit, no matter who caused the crash. You generally need initial medical treatment within 14 days to use PIP. Every case is different, so speak with an attorney to confirm the deadline that applies to you. A claim against the at-fault driver can cover what PIP does not, when the injury meets Florida's requirements.
Insurance companies often argue that you were partly to blame. For claims that arose after March 24, 2023, Florida uses modified comparative negligence. If you are more than 50 percent at fault, you generally cannot recover. If you are 50 percent or less at fault, your recovery is generally reduced by your percentage.
This is why the small facts matter: which lane you were in, whether a light had changed, how long a van had been stopped. Tomas knows these streets, which helps when the other side tells a different story.
For general information about Florida car crash claims, see the car accidents page. For other types of cases on the island, visit the Miami Beach page.
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Tomas Robirosa is the founding attorney of Robirosa Accident & Injury Law. He built his practice around careful preparation and personal attention: when you hire the firm, you talk to your lawyer, in English or Spanish, and you always know where your case stands.
He graduated cum laude from Nova Southeastern University’s Shepard Broad College of Law, is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediator, and is admitted to practice in Florida state courts and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
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