What is the statute of limitations for a plaintiff who alleges that she was injured in a motor vehicle accident?

The statute of limitations usually starts to run when a cause of action accrues, and a cause of action ordinarily accrues on the date of injury. (Bernson v. Browning-Ferris Industries (1994) 7 Cal.4th 926, 931.) However, these principles have been modified by two related rules: the discovery rule and its "close cousin," the rule of fraudulent concealment, both of which operate to toll the running of the statute of

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limitations, under certain circumstances, until the plaintiff discovers the injury or cause of action. (Ibid.)