Florida accident action checklist for organizing your own information

1. Write down the basics while they are fresh

• Date and approximate time.
• Florida county, plus the city, road, intersection, exit, or business address. County matters most, because participating lawyers cover different regions.
• Weather, lighting, and road or floor conditions as you remember them.
• What kind of incident it was in general terms: vehicle crash, motorcycle, pedestrian or bicycle, a fall on someone's property, a work-vehicle collision.
• Vehicles or property involved, including whether anything looked commercial, marked, or in use for work.

2. Note who was involved and who saw it

• Names and contact details you were given, kept in your own records.
• Whether information was exchanged at the scene, or not at all.
• Whether anyone stopped, offered to be a witness, or recorded anything.
• Whether a manager, employee, security guard, or property staff member was told.

3. Record the response, if there was one

• Whether law enforcement, EMS, or property staff responded.
• Whether a report, incident log, or exchange-of-information form was made.
• The report or case number if you have it — and note plainly if you do not.

4. Keep your own copy of your photos

• Wide shots showing the location and layout.
• Close-ups of damage, the surface, the obstacle, or the condition involved.
• Signs, warnings, markings, or the absence of them.
• Anything visible that may be cleaned, repaired, or moved soon.

Keep these in your own storage. Do not upload them at intake — the form does not need them.

5. Track care received, in plain terms

• Whether anyone was injured.
• Whether care has been received: emergency room, urgent care, primary care, follow-up visits, or none yet.
• Dates of visits, kept as a simple list.
• Symptoms and how they have changed, in your own words.
• Days of work or school affected.

Keep record numbers, account numbers, and bills in your own files rather than in any form.

6. Keep everything in one place

One folder, physical or digital: photos, whatever paperwork arrived, notes, and a simple dated log of what happened and who contacted you. If a lawyer does contact you, an organized folder makes that conversation much shorter.

7. Do not put these in any intake form

• Social Security or driver's license numbers.
• Insurance policy, claim, or financial account numbers.
• Medical record numbers or medical documents.
• Passwords, or photos of identity documents.
• A long written argument about who was at fault.

8. If you submit an intake request

Two or three plain sentences plus the county, the date, the vehicle or property types, whether care was received, and whether you already have a lawyer is a complete request. We then review non-legal intake factors, apply compliance and eligibility checks, and where a participating lawyer lawfully permitted to practice law in Florida is eligible and available, the request may be introduced to that lawyer, who independently decides whether to contact you. Contact is not guaranteed or immediate, not every request results in a connection, and nothing obligates you to hire anyone. The full factor list is on how intake works.

What this checklist is not

It does not describe your legal rights, any deadline, any dollar figure, or any likely outcome, and it does not tell you whether to speak with an insurer or sign anything. We do not assess fault, injuries, coverage, case value, or outcomes, and AnswerSignalApp is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. Anything time-sensitive belongs with a lawyer.