Complete Tacoma, WA accident reports and news.

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Accidents in Tacoma result in serious injuries and deaths each year

After a Tacoma crash, injured people and their families need resources and support. Regardless of the severity of the collision, the people involved are left to deal with injuries, medical bills, property damage, and insurance claims. When a Tacoma accident is fatal, families are left to struggle with their grief and loss as best they can.

Here are resources to help accident victims and their families after a Tacoma wreck

Regardless of whether it is a car accident, pedestrian accident, motorcycle crash, bicycle collision, truck accident, or any other kind of injury accident, the following resources can be helpful for crash victims and their families and friends.

Tacoma Police Department;

Tacoma Fire/EMT Department;

Tacoma major hospitals include Multi Care Tacoma General Hospital and St. Joseph Medical Center.

City of Tacoma Municipal Court Tacoma Municipal Court is a court of limited jurisdiction hearing traffic and non-traffic infractions, and criminal and criminal-traffic misdemeanors and gross misdemeanors.

Pierce County Superior Court;

Pierce County Criminal Court;

Tacoma real-time traffic report;

Washington State Insurance Commissioner site.

How do you deal with an insurance claim after a Tacoma accident?

Regardless of how severe an accident is, almost everyone involved has to deal with insurance companies and claims. For accidents with very minor injuries and damage, a claim can sometimes be handled by working with the insurance adjuster. For crashes involving more serious injuries, or when a fatal crash occurs, a Tacoma personal injury attorney is needed to manage the insurance claim. 

Most recent accident reports

Date Type
Sat, 11/23/2013 Ice a factor in 5-car pile-up in Tacoma
Mon, 11/18/2013 Motorcyclist injured in crash on SR 512
Fri, 04/17/2015 Car Accident Steven Ferris, 29, killed when car crashes through guardrail near Tacoma Avenue South Bridge and falls 100 feet to railroad tracks below in Tacoma, Washington
Sun, 03/02/2014 Car Accident Douglas Davis, 57, killed when his car collides with a another vehicle, who's driver then flees the scene on foot near Tacoma.
Sun, 03/06/2022 Car Accident Three injured in crash involving parked vehicle in construction zone on I-5 in Tacoma, Washington
Sun, 12/22/2013 Car Accident Two police officers injured in two car crash in Tacoma Wa.
Fri, 05/20/2022 Car Accident Passenger Neil Blankenship, 29, dies when car he's in leaves State Route 509 at Taylor Way East and hits pole in Tacoma, Washington; DUI suspected cause
Thu, 09/01/2022 Car Accident Woman killed after her car collides driver of stolen vehicle who ran stop sign, then fled scene on foot near East 34th Street and East D Street in Tacoma, Washington
Sat, 12/07/2013 Car Accident Two injured after cars run off an embankment on East 35th Street in Tacoma
Mon, 10/12/2015 Car Accident Eiko Warren, 87, killed and one critically injured in car crash with semi truck at East Portland Avenue and Puyallup Avenue in Tacoma, Washington
Sat, 11/23/2013 Car Accident Zack Davis, 18, dies in accident on the interchange between Highway 16 and I-5 near Tacoma
Sat, 01/07/2023 Car Accident Female passenger killed, male driver in critical condition when their vehicle hits pole, catches fire at South 56th Street and Washington Street in Tacoma, Washington
Tue, 11/17/2015 Car Accident 5 hospitalized after car crashes into home daycare on E. 72nd Street in Tacoma, Washington
Wed, 01/18/2023 Car Accident Jesse Webb, 17, and Christopher Garcia Estevez, 16, killed, 15-year-old hospitalized when allegedly stolen car collides with other vehicle on Pacific Avenue South at South 38th Street in Tacoma, Washington
Thu, 03/30/2023 Car Accident One person badly injured in a multiple-vehicle wreck that flipped one car onto its roof on South Tacoma Way in Tacoma, Washington