According to data reported by Forbes, the average car accident claim between 2015 and 2020 was settled for about $23,000, and most claimants received less than $10,000.  That said, in Cohn & Swartzon’s 75 years of combined legal experience, we can say definitively that there is no true “average” for settling these cases. It’s impossible to promise an exact settlement amount at the outset of a car accident case because every car accident is different.  Learn more about average settlements for car accidents in this blog post.