Kentucky Bodily Injury

Understanding how Kentucky bodily injury works will help you understand how you will get your medical care covered for your injuries. All states have requirements for the type of car insurance you are required to purchase in order to drive.

In Kentucky, drivers are required to purchase Personal Injury Protection (PIP) coverage, and Liability, which is separated into Bodily Injury Liability and Property Damage Liability.

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Personal Injury Protection - (PIP)

Whether you are responsible for the accident or not, your own insurance company will pay for the medical expenses and loss of wages for you and your passengers. To understand in more detail how PIP works, return to this page, Understanding How PIP works- getting your medical care paid for.

After a car accident in Kentucky it is very important that you call your own insurance company to report the accident, even if you know the other driver was at fault.

Before calling your company, look over at this page, Car Accident Claim - 10 Essential Claim Tips to help you have the best outcome with your claim.

Bodily Injury Liability

Your coverage pays for serious and permanent injury or death to others when you cause a crash involving your automobile. Your insurance company will pay for injuries up to the limits of your policy and provide legal representation for you if you get sued.

Property Damage Liability

This liability covers you if your car damages someone else's property. This means damage to their car, or their property, such as crashing into someone's fence, or if you crash into their home. Like Bodily Injury Liability, Property Damage Liability coverage will provide legal protection to you if you are sued after the accident.

Who Was At Fault

Kentucky is a No Fault State. This means that your insurance company will pay for your medical bills regardless of who was at fault in the accident. After a car accident in Kentucky call your own insurance company, even if the other driver was at fault, as your medical claims will come from your own insurance through PIP.

After a car accident in Kentucky it is very important that you call your own insurance company to report the accident, even if you know the other driver was at fault.

Kentucky uses a Pure Comparative Fault rule, which means that an injured person can recover damages, even if the injured person was 99% at fault. However, the recovery will be reduced by amount of fault.

Determining who is at fault after a car accident is complicated and cannot be sorted out online. Your insurance company will help you with this.

Kentucky Statute of Limitations

The Statute of Limitations means that you must file a lawsuit or close or settle your case within your state time limits. The time clock starts on the day of the car accident.

Injury: 1 years

Property Damage: 2 years

To learn more about your State's insurance rules and regulations:

Kentucky State Website for Insurance Questions