State guides for Car Insurance After Accident
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Answer in brief
Accident rules from each state's own insurance department, DMV or statute.
Content reviewed 8 November 2026. How this is assessed.
- Car insurance after an accident in Texas: In Texas, drivers must carry at least $30,000 per person, $60,000 per accident and $25,000 for property damage, and an insurer generally can't nonrenew you for one accident that can't reasonably be blamed on you.
- Car insurance after an accident in North Carolina: North Carolina charges at-fault accidents with insurance points tied to dollar damage: 1 point up to $2,300 of property damage adds 40%, 3 points from $3,850 adds 70%, and most surcharges last three policy years.
- Car insurance after an accident in New York: New York is a no-fault state: your own policy pays up to $50,000 of economic loss regardless of fault, and you can sue for pain and suffering only after a serious injury.
- Car insurance after an accident in Massachusetts: In Massachusetts an accident is surchargeable only if you are more than 50% at fault and the insurer pays over $1,000, and you can appeal the fault finding to the Board of Appeal.
- Car insurance after an accident in Maryland: Maryland insurers can't raise your rate for accidents more than three years old, and you have 30 days from a notice to protest an increase with the state.
- Car insurance after an accident in Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania drivers choose limited or full tort, and limited tort restricts pain and suffering claims unless an exception applies. If you never elected limited tort, you are treated as having chosen full tort.
- Car insurance after an accident in New Jersey: New Jersey assigns five insurance eligibility points when you are equally or more at fault and the insurer pays $1,000 or more, and seven points can move you to the assigned risk market.
- Car insurance after an accident in Wisconsin: Wisconsin requires a Driver's Report of Accident within 10 days when someone is hurt or property damage exceeds $1,000, and the DMV can suspend an uninsured at-fault driver's license.
- Car insurance after an accident in Virginia: Virginia requires liability limits of $50,000, $100,000 and $25,000 on policies from January 1, 2025, and an uninsured owner who is suspended pays a $600 fee and files an SR-22 for three years.
- Car insurance after an accident in California: California's insurance department says a not-at-fault accident does not raise your premium, while an accident you are at least 51% at fault for can bring a surcharge at renewal.
- Car insurance after an accident in Minnesota: Minnesota requires $40,000 of no-fault coverage, you must make a no-fault claim within six months, and your insurer may surcharge your policy if it does not recover what it paid.
- Car insurance after an accident in Kentucky: Kentucky requires basic personal injury protection and limits your right to sue, but you can reject those limits in writing on a department form, which also removes your no-fault benefits.
- Car insurance after an accident in Oklahoma: Oklahoma law, as the state's insurance department describes it, bars insurers from assigning points, cancelling, refusing to renew or raising your rate because you were in a collision you did not cause.
- Car insurance after an accident in Delaware: Delaware requires personal injury protection of at least $15,000 per person and $30,000 per accident, paid whether or not you caused the accident, according to the state's own guide.
- Car insurance after an accident in South Carolina: South Carolina runs a tort system, requires liability of $25,000, $50,000 and $25,000, and requires uninsured motorist coverage equal to those limits, typically with a $200 deductible.
- Car insurance after an accident in Florida: Florida's PIP law pays 80% of reasonable medical expenses up to $10,000 only if you get initial care within 14 days of the accident, and caps it at $2,500 without an emergency medical condition.
- Car insurance after an accident by state: State rules on fault and rate increases differ widely. This table covers the 16 states whose own insurance department, DMV or statute we could read, and links to a full guide for each.
Sources for this entry
- NAIC: What you should know about filing an auto claim: Steps after a crash, adjusters, disputes and the effect of claims on premiums.
- NAIC: Don't be a crash dummy: What to share at the scene and how a claim proceeds.
- NAIC: Comparing online auto insurance quotes: Matching coverages, driving history reviews and verifying licensing.
- NAIC: What does auto insurance cover?: Coverage types and what sits outside a standard policy.
- NAIC: Why are my insurance premiums increasing?: Rating factors and ways to lower premiums.
- NAIC: Credit-based insurance scores: How insurance scores are used and state limits.
- Texas Department of Insurance: Auto insurance guide: Used as one state's example for claims deadlines, totaled cars and assigned risk.
- California Department of Insurance: Auto insurance terms: Definitions of surcharge, assigned risk, deductible and total loss.
- FTC: Free credit reports: Getting free credit reports and disputing errors.
- Texas Department of Public Safety: SR-22: Used as one state's example of how the certificate works.
- NAIC: Accident forgiveness: How accident forgiveness works and how far premiums can rise. First published 2009.
- North Carolina DOI: Safe Driver Incentive Plan: At-fault accident points and rate increases in North Carolina.
- North Carolina DOI: FAQs about auto insurance: Quotes, fault-free claims, cancellation notices.
- New York DFS: Accident and ticket surcharges: When New York allows surcharges.
- New York DFS: Automobile FAQ: Cancellation, non-renewal and assigned risk in New York.
- Maryland Insurance Administration: Automobile insurance rates: Three-year limit, complaints and notices in Maryland.
- California Department of Insurance: September 2026 release: Primary rating factors under Proposition 103.
- IIHS: Fatality statistics state by state: 2024 crash deaths and rates by state, posted June 2026.
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