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The Bay Area - Spanning the Golden Gate Bridge, Jack London Square and Silicon Valley
The San Francisco Bay Area(link is external), commonly referred to as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses the major cities and metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas. The Bay Area's nine counties are Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma. Home to approximately 7.44 million people, the nine-county Bay Area contains many cities, towns, airports, and associated regional, state, and national parks, connected by a network of roads, highways, railroads, bridges, tunnels and commuter rail. The combined statistical area of the region is the second-largest in California (after the Greater Los Angeles area), the fifth-largest in the United States, and the 43rd-largest urban area in the world. To get up-to-date road information, go to the California DOT site(link is external). And to find out current weather conditions in the Bay Area go to Accuweather.com.(link is external)
The Major Interstates and Freeways of the Bay Area
- Interstate 80(link is external) San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge
- Interstate 580(link is external) Richmond - San Rafael Bridge
- Route 92(link is external) San Mateo - Hayward Bridge
- Route 84(link is external) Dumbarton Bridge
The Peninsula to the South Bay
- Interstate 280(link is external) Southern, Junipero Serra, & Sinclair Freeways and Highway 101(link is external) Bayshore & South Valley Freeways
- Route 1(link is external) Cabrillo Highway Route 35(link is external) Skyline Boulevard
- Route 9(link is external), Route 17(link is external) Santa Cruz Freeway
- Route 85(link is external) West Valley Freeway, Route 237(link is external) Southbay Freeway
- Route 87(link is external) Guadalupe Freeway
- Route 152(link is external); Route 156(link is external)
- Route 82(link is external) El Camino Real(link is external)
North Bay
- Highway 101(link is external) Redwood Highway and Route 1(link is external) Shoreline Highway
- Interstate 505(link is external)
- Route 29(link is external) through Solano County
- Route 37(link is external) Through Vallejo
- Route 12(link is external) Sonoma
East Bay
- Interstates 680(link is external) Sinclair Freeway and Interstate 880(link is external) Nimitz Freeway
- Interstate 980(link is external) Grove Shafter Freeway
- Interstate 205(link is external) Alameda County to San Joaquin County(link is external)
- Route 13(link is external) Warren Freeway and Route 24(link is external) Grover Shafter Freeway
- Interstate 238(link is external) and Route 238(link is external) Mission Boulevard
- Route 4(link is external) John Muir Parkway
Here is information on the most recent accidents in The Bay Area:
- San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose car accidents
- San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose motorcycle accidents
- San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose bicycle accidents
- San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose pedestrian accidents
- San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose aircraft accidents
- San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose train accidents
- San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose commercial truck accidents
- San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose boating accidents
- San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose bus accidents
If you are looking for information on a specific crash that happened in the Bay Area, go to the link above for the accident type you are seeking.
If you know someone who has been injured in a Bay Area accident, here are links to the major hospitals in the region:
SAN FRANCISCO
- California Pacific Medical Center(link is external)
- Saint Francis Memorial Hospital(link is external)
- San Francisco General Hospital(link is external)
- St. Mary's Medical Center(link is external)
- UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital(link is external)
OAKLAND
- Highland General Hospital(link is external)
- Children's Hospital & Research(link is external)
- Alameda Health System(link is external)
SAN JOSE
- Regional Medical Center of San Jose(link is external)
- Good Samaritan Hospital(link is external)
- Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center(link is external)
- O'Connor Hospital(link is external)
- Santa Clara Valley Medical Center(link is external)
- El Camino Hospital Los Gatos(link is external)
Grief support information for accident victims in The Bay Area
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 Bay Area (link is external)grief support organizations.(link is external)
Bay Area legal information for accident victims
When injury or death is the result of a motor-vehicle crash in San Francisco, Oakland or San Jose, 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?
Where to find legal assistance after a Bay Area injury accident
After a serious crash, it is crucial to get help from a San Francisco injury attorney who understands the local regulations and legal standards, who knows how insurance policies affect accident victims, and who can handle all aspects of an insurance claim so the injured person can focus on recovery. If someone is killed in a collision, a San Francisco - San Jose wrongful death attorney will launch a claim that will begin the process of financial recovery for the family members left behind. Learn more here about what a San Francisco - San Jose personal injury lawyer can do to help.