In Corpus Christi, a person hurt in a car accident caused by someone else can recover medical costs, lost income, and pain under Texas law. Owsley Law Firm handles Corpus Christi car accidents from its Houston offices, comes to you, and charges no fee unless it wins. Call before you speak with any insurer.
Car Accidents in Corpus Christi
Where do Corpus Christi car accidents happen?
Corpus Christi car crashes often begin on SPID and the Crosstown. Nueces County cases are filed at the County Courthouse near the bayfront.
Corpus Christi car crashes happen on SPID. South Padre Island Drive is the city’s commuter spine, and its frontage roads, turnarounds, and closely spaced exits at Staples, Airline, and Everhart produce rear-end and intersection crashes all day. The Crosstown Expressway feeds it, and I-37 brings Refinery Row’s trucks into the same interchanges. On the island, tourist drivers unfamiliar with the causeway and Park Road 22 add summer crashes. The firm’s Corpus Christi car cases most often begin on SPID between the Crosstown and Airline Road.
Corridors where Corpus Christi car accidents cluster
- SH-358 South Padre Island Drive between the Crosstown and Airline Road
- Crosstown Expressway (SH-286) at SPID
- I-37 through Refinery Row and the Harbor Bridge approach
- US-181 across the Harbor Bridge to Portland
- Ocean Drive and Shoreline Boulevard downtown
- SH-44 and Leopard Street on the west side
Cases from Corpus Christi
What does a Corpus Christi car accident case look like?
A tourist unfamiliar with SPID’s frontage-road turnarounds pulls into oncoming traffic at Staples Street.
What to do now
What should you do after a car accident in Corpus Christi?
- Get examined the same day. CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Shoreline (Level II trauma) and Corpus Christi Medical Center, Bay Area handle the serious car accident injuries from Corpus Christi; an urgent care visit the same day is enough to start the record if you are not transported.
- Photograph the vehicles, the road, and your injuries where it happened, especially on I-37 and SH-358 (South Padre Island Drive), where scenes are cleared within minutes.
- Get the Corpus Christi crash report. Corpus Christi Police Department reports are available through the TxDOT Crash Report Online Purchase System, usually within 10 days. The firm obtains it for clients at no charge.
- Report the crash to your own insurer, but give no recorded statement to the other driver’s carrier until you have counsel.
- Know where the case goes. Corpus Christi car accidents suits are filed in the Nueces County Civil District Courts, Nueces County Courthouse, or Nueces County Courts at Law depending on the crash location.
- Call the firm. Corpus Christi clients are handled from Houston by phone, video, and mail, and the firm travels to Corpus Christi for meetings, depositions, and court. The consultation is free.
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Common questions
Corpus Christi car accident questions
Which Corpus Christi roads have the most car accidents?
SH-358 South Padre Island Drive, the Crosstown Expressway, I-37, and Ocean Drive, with SPID’s frontage-road intersections leading the count.
Where is a Corpus Christi car accident case filed?
In the Nueces County Civil District Courts at the County Courthouse, or in San Patricio County for crashes past the Nueces Bay Causeway in Portland.
What if a driver from Naval Air Station Corpus Christi hit me while on duty?
A federal employee driving on duty makes the claim one against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act. It begins with a written administrative claim to the Navy, filed within two years, before any lawsuit. If the sailor was off duty in a personal vehicle, the claim goes against that driver’s own insurance like any other crash.
Can a contractor be liable for a crash in the Harbor Bridge project work zones?
Yes, if the contractor’s traffic control helped cause it. Lane closures, sudden shifts, missing signs, and debris on the US-181 approaches can make a construction company share fault with the driver who hit you. The contractor’s traffic control plans and daily logs show how the zone was set up that day, so request them early.