Complete Baldwin County, AL accident reports and news.
Accidents in Baldwin County are a major cause of property damage, injury, and death each year
In Baldwin County, statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show that traffic crashes remain a primary public safety issue. Car, truck, bicycle, pedestrian, and motorcycle accidents are all a common occurrence, despite improvements in vehicle safety features, road design, bicycle and pedestrian corridors, and traffic signs.
When an accident happens in Baldwin County, it is important to do the following immediately:
- Remain at the crash scene;
- Check on the condition of all people involved in the crash;
- Call the police;
- Exchange information with other drivers;
- Get contact information from witnesses;
- Inform your insurance company;
- Get appropriate medical treatment, and track the details;
- Take photos of vehicle damage and injuries;
- Consider hiring a personal injury attorney.
An injury attorney handles all the details so that you don't have to.
After a Baldwin County accident, there are many issues that need to be handled immediately. Dealing with doctors, repair shops, car rental companies, police, and insurance companies is overwhelming, especially when someone is seriously injured. At this point, many injured people choose to hire a personal injury attorney whose job it is to handle the details and paperwork so that you can focus on recovery.
What to do after a serious injury accident
When someone has been injured or killed in a motor-vehicle collision, the accident victim and their family members are left with medical bills, lost income, and other costs. It is important to get legal assistance to help the accident victim recover, or when the accident is fatal, to help the family members get fully compensated for their losses. Learn more about how a Baldwin County personal injury attorney will help injured victims and families.
Accident Reports by city
Most recent accident reports
Mobile, AL-Pensacola, FL
Mobile, AL-Pensacola, FL
Mobile, AL-Pensacola, FL
According to the Baldwin County Sheriff's office, 12-year-old Michael Mikey Defee of Bay Minette died after the ATV he was riding overturned and trapped him underneath. The accident occurred at about 8 p.m.
Mobile, AL-Pensacola, FL
John Richard Vos and his wife Augusta Forbes Vos were riding bicycles in Gulf State Park when they were struck by a car. They were both taken to hospitals for treatment. John died at Baptist Hospital in Florida. Augusta underwent surgery at Sacred Heart Hospital and is expected to recover.
Mobile, AL-Pensacola, FL
Sharen Shields was riding in a car on Highway 98 and Ralph Schumacher Lane with two other people when their vehicle was rear-ended while stopped in traffic. The force of the impact pushed the car 30 feet. Shields was taken to a local hospital where she later died of her injuries.
Mobile, AL-Pensacola, FL
George Chiribao was struck by a motorcyclist on April 28th on East Michigan Avenue. The motorcyclist fled the scene, and Chiribao was taken to Sacred Heart Hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries.
Mobile, AL-Pensacola, FL
Van Tracy Chaney of Natchez, Mississippi was killed when the 1999 Toyota Tacoma he was driving crashed head-on with a 2000 Nissan Frontier.
Mobile, AL-Pensacola, FL
An aircraft was attempting to land around noon at Jack Edwards National Airportwhen it crashed, substantiially damaging its left wing. Two men were onboard at the time of the crash. One was taken to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola.
Mobile, AL-Pensacola, FL
The people involved in a boat crash this weekend in Orange Beach along the Intercostal Waterway Canal between Gulf Shores and Orange Beach have been identified as 42-year-old Jason Benjamin Shepherd of Chickasaw, 45-year-old Jeffrey Kevin Hill of Robertsdale and 45-year-old Nicholas John Jo
Mobile, AL-Pensacola, FL
At about 7:30pm, Bartlett was riding in a car on driven by Shannon P. Bonner, 42, I-65 and reportedly not wearing a seat belt when it collided with another vehicle.
Mobile, AL-Pensacola, FL
Mobile, AL-Pensacola, FL
Mobile, AL-Pensacola, FL
A one-car accident Saturday killed a teen couple and injured two other people at around 10 a.m. Allison B. McKinley, 17, sustained critical injuries when the 2013 Nissan Maxima she was riding in veered off the roadway, and hit a utility sign and then a utility pole. The accident happened on U.S.