Temple Terrace (33617) Personal Injury Attorney Tampa

Jack Bernstein, Injury Attorneys represents people hurt across Temple Terrace in ZIP 33617. Our office is in Westshore at 4350 W Cypress St, about twenty-five minutes west by way of Fowler Avenue or I-275, so we are a straightforward drive when you need us. 

Temple Terrace is its own city with quiet residential streets inside and very busy arterials around its edges, and most serious injuries here happen on roads like N 56th Street and E Fowler Avenue near the University of South Florida. 

If you were hurt in a crash on 56th Street, struck while crossing Fowler, or injured in a fall at a Temple Terrace shopping center, you do not have to handle the claim alone. Our firm has represented injured Floridians for more than 40 years and works on contingency, so you pay nothing unless we win money for you. Call for a free review of what happened.

Quick facts: personal injury help in Temple Terrace (33617)

Practice Areas We Handle in Temple Terrace

Temple Terrace pairs calm residential neighborhoods with heavy arterial and university traffic on its edges, and that mix shapes the injuries we handle here. We represent Temple Terrace clients in:

• Car accidents: crashes on N 56th Street, E Fowler Avenue, E Busch Boulevard, and the I-75 ramps.
• Pedestrian accidents: people struck near USF and along busy crossings on 56th and Fowler.
• Bicycle accidents: riders and scooter users hurt on the city’s main arterials.
• Distracted driving crashes: a leading cause of wrecks on the corridors around the university.
• Motorcycle accidents: riders hurt at high-volume signalized intersections.
• Truck accidents: delivery and commercial vehicles on 56th Street and the expressway.
• Slip and fall injuries: falls at Temple Terrace shopping centers, restaurants, and parking lots.
• Nursing home neglect and wrongful death: neglect in care facilities and fatal, preventable crashes.

If your situation is not on this list, call anyway. We will tell you honestly whether you have a claim worth pursuing. You can also start with our Tampa personal injury lawyer page for an overview of how we work.

Temple Terrace – Local Facts

Temple Terrace is one of only three incorporated cities in Hillsborough County, alongside Tampa and Plant City. Laid out in the 1920s as one of the country’s first planned golf course communities, it wraps around the Temple Terrace Golf and Country Club along the Hillsborough River and is home to Florida College. ZIP 33617 covers the city and the commercial strips on its borders, just east of the University of South Florida. Because Temple Terrace runs its own government, the Temple Terrace Police Department responds to crashes inside the city rather than Tampa Police or the Sheriff.

The interior of the city is quiet and residential, but the edges carry heavy traffic. N 56th Street, also known as Temple Terrace Highway, runs north to south through the city, E Fowler Avenue forms the southern boundary next to USF, and E Busch Boulevard and Bullard Parkway carry the rest of the load. The combination of student foot traffic, transit buses, scooters, and fast arterial driving near the university is where most of the area’s serious crashes happen.

When someone is hurt, the nearest hospital is AdventHealth Tampa at 3100 E Fletcher Ave, a full hospital with an emergency room in the medical district next to USF, minutes from Temple Terrace. The intersection of N 56th Street and E Fowler Avenue has a documented crash history, including a 2024 collision that killed a scooter rider, and 56th Street has seen serious wrecks involving cars and transit buses. Across Hillsborough County, there were 26,260 traffic crashes in 2024, with more than 17,000 injuries and 181 deaths, according to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.

Common Accident Locations in Temple Terrace

A handful of corridors carry most of the city’s crash risk, and the busiest sit near the university.

If your crash happened at one of these spots, we likely already know the road layout, the signal timing, and the traffic patterns that cause wrecks there. That kind of local detail matters when we work out how a collision happened and who was at fault.

What to Do After an Injury in Temple Terrace

What you do in the first hours after an injury can shape what your claim is worth later. Here are the steps we tell Temple Terrace clients to take.

1. Get medical care: Call 911 if anyone is seriously hurt, or go to AdventHealth Tampa at 3100 E Fletcher Ave, the nearest hospital ER. See a doctor even if you feel fine, because adrenaline hides injuries and a gap in treatment gives the insurer a reason to question your claim.
2. Document the scene: Photograph the vehicles, the intersection, the signals and signage, the lighting, and your injuries. Get names and phone numbers from any witnesses before they leave.
3. Report it: In Temple Terrace, the Temple Terrace Police Department responds to crashes and writes the report, so make sure an officer documents the scene and note the report number. For a fall, make sure the store or property owner logs an incident report.
4. Protect your claim: Do not give the other side’s insurer a recorded statement, and do not accept a fast settlement offer. Early offers are almost always far below what a claim is worth.

Talk to Jack Bernstein, Injury Attorneys before you call an adjuster. Our Westshore office is a straightforward drive away, the consultation is free, and we can start protecting your claim today. Reach us at (813) 333-6666. For more on the immediate steps, see our guides on what to do if a pedestrian is hit by a car and what to do after a slip and fall in Tampa.

Keep every medical bill and receipt, and write a short record of how the injury affects your daily routine. We handle the insurers and the paperwork while you focus on recovery.

Why Temple Terrace Accident Victims Choose Jack Bernstein

We are not a faceless firm you only meet by phone. We have spent more than 40 years representing injured people across Tampa, and we make it easy to work with us from anywhere in the area.

• 40+ years of personal injury experience in Tampa.
• AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest peer rating a lawyer can earn for legal ability and ethics.
• A long record of settlements and verdicts for injured clients.
• Top client ratings across Google and other review platforms.
• Contingency fees only. No retainer, no hourly bill, and no attorney fee unless we win.

That last point matters most: our fee comes out of the recovery we win for you, which keeps our goals lined up with yours from the first call to the final settlement.

Hurt in Temple Terrace? Talk to a Tampa personal injury lawyer who has served the area for more than 40 years. Call Jack Bernstein, Injury Attorneys at (813) 333-6666 or contact us online for a free consultation. Serving Temple Terrace, ZIP 33617, and surrounding Tampa communities.

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