In 72 hours. Official website, the traffic management department of the public security organ of Liaoning Province, showed that the time limit for applying for social assistance fund for traffic accidents in Liaoning Province was within 72 hours after the accident. If this time limit is exceeded, the victim needs to issue a certificate from a medical institution. Liaoning Province, named after the meaning of keeping the Liaohe River Basin safe forever, is a provincial administrative region of China people and the capital of Shenyang. It is located in the southeast of China, bordering the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea in the south and Hebei Province in the southwest.