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Carl's Collision Center on Bay Street in Fall River has been repairing cars since 1994. I-CAR Gold Class, Tesla-certified, and 20+ manufacturer certifications. We handle your insurance, arrange towing, and keep rentals on site. Serving Fall River, Somerset, Swansea, Westport, Dartmouth, and SouthCoast Massachusetts.

Right after a crash, work in this order: get everyone safe, call 911 if anyone is hurt or the cars are blocking traffic, and photograph the scene before any vehicle moves. Then swap information with the other driver and call your insurance company to open a claim. Which body shop repairs your car is the one decision that can wait until you're off the road and thinking clearly.

A 2015 Honda Civic that gets rear-ended is, mechanically, not that complicated. You straighten the frame, replace the bumper cover, blend the paint, reset a couple of sensors, and the car drives away the same as it did before the accident. A technician with twenty years of experience and a good eye can do most of that work without thinking too hard about it. A 2024 Honda Civic that gets rear-ended is a different animal. There's a radar unit behind the bumper cover. There are

Carl’s Collision Center on Orchard Street is a certified collision repair shop serving New Bedford, MA and the SouthCoast, handling auto body work, insurance claims, ADAS calibration, and rental cars on site.

A drop-off-to-pickup walk through the seven stages of a collision repair, with honest answers about why a quick quote sometimes turns into a multi-week timeline once the bumper comes off. Includes the three questions worth asking before you hand over the keys, and a quick FAQ on blueprinting, supplements, OEM parts, and ADAS calibration.