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Sacramento, Stockton, and Modesto -  California's Capital and San Joaquin Valley

Sacramento(link is external) is the capital city of the U.S. State of California and the seat of government of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. Its estimated 2014 population of 485,199 made it the sixth-largest city in California. Sacramento is the cultural and economic core of the Sacramento metropolitan area, which includes seven counties with a 2010 population of 2,414,783. Its metropolitan area is the fourth largest in California after the Greater Los Angeles area, the San Francisco Bay Area, and the San Diego metropolitan area, and is the 27th largest in the United States. 

Stockton(link is external) is located on the San Joaquin River, in the northern San Joaquin Valley, and has an estimated population of 300,899 people as of 2014.  The City of Modesto(link is external), is the county seat and largest city of Stanislaus County, California. With a population of approximately 201,165 at the 2010 census, Modesto ranks as the 18th largest city in the state of California. The Modesto Census County Division, which includes the cities of Ceres and Riverbank, has a population of 312,842 as of 2010. To get up-to-date road information, go to the California DOT site(link is external). And to find out current weather conditions in Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto, go to Accuweather.com.(link is external)

The major freeways of Sacramento, Stockton, and Modesto include:

Sacramento

• Interstate 5(link is external)
• Interstate 80(link is external)
• Interstate 80 Business(link is external)
• U.S. Route 50(link is external)
• State Route 12(link is external)
• State Route 16(link is external)
• State Route 70(link is external)
• State Route 99(link is external)
• State Route 104(link is external)

Stockton 

Stockton is easily accessible from virtually anywhere in California. Interstate 5(link is external) and State Route 99(link is external), California's major north-south thoroughfares, pass through the city limits. The east-west highway State Route 4(link is external) also passes through the city, providing access to the San Francisco Bay Area(link is external) as well as the Sierra Nevada and its foothills.

Modesto

Interstate 5(link is external) and California State Route 99(link is external) provide major highway access to Modesto. California State Route 132(link is external) links the city to Interstate 580(link is external), providing commuter access to highways into the Bay Area(link is external). California State Route 108(link is external) connects to Oakdale, California(link is external) and east to the foothills. 

Here is information on the most recent accidents in the Sacramento, Stockton, and Modesto:

• Sacramento, Stockton, and Modesto Car accidents
• Sacramento, Stockton, and Modesto Motorcycle accidents
• Sacramento, Stockton, and Modesto Bicycle accidents
• Sacramento, Stockton, and Modesto Pedestrian accidents
• Sacramento, Stockton, and Modesto Bus accidents
• Sacramento, Stockton, and Modesto Aircraft accidents
• Sacramento, Stockton, and Modesto Train accidents
• Sacramento, Stockton, and Modesto Commercial truck accidents

If you are looking for information on a specific crash that happened in Sacramento, Stockton, or Modesto, go to the link above for the accident type you are seeking. 

If you know someone who has been injured in a Sacramento, Stockton, or Modesto accident, here are links to the major hospitals in the area:

SACRAMENTO

Sutter Memorial Hospital(link is external)

Mercy General Hospital(link is external)

Methodist Hospital of Sacramento(link is external)

Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento(link is external)

Sutter General Hospital(link is external)

STOCKTON

St. Joseph's Medical Center(link is external)

San Joaquin General Hospital(link is external)

Dameron Hospital(link is external)

MODESTO

Doctors Medical Center(link is external)

Sutter Health: Memorial Medical Center(link is external)

Stanislaus Surgical Hospital(link is external)

Grief support information for accident victims in Sacramento, Stockton, and Modesto

When a loved one is killed in a motor-vehicle accident, it is often helpful for grieving family and friends to get help from a grief support organization. It can be comforting to talk with others going through a similar situation, and the road to recovering from the loss may go more smoothly. Go here to get information on Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto grief support organizations.(link is external)

Legal information for accident victims in Sacramento, Stockton, and Modesto

When injury or death is the result of a motor-vehicle crash in Sacramento, Stockton, or Modesto, many decisions need to be made immediately and questions need to be answered. For example, how much of the medical costs will be covered by the insurance policy? How does PIP insurance help with medical bills immediately? What if the at-fault driver has no insurance?