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The Bay Area - Spanning the Golden Gate Bridge, Jack London Square and Silicon Valley
The San Francisco Bay Area, 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. And to find out current weather conditions in the Bay Area go to Accuweather.com.
The Major Interstates and Freeways of the Bay Area
- Interstate 80 San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge
- Interstate 580 Richmond - San Rafael Bridge
- Route 92 San Mateo - Hayward Bridge
- Route 84 Dumbarton Bridge
The Peninsula to the South Bay
- Interstate 280 Southern, Junipero Serra, & Sinclair Freeways and Highway 101 Bayshore & South Valley Freeways
- Route 1 Cabrillo Highway Route 35 Skyline Boulevard
- Route 9, Route 17 Santa Cruz Freeway
- Route 85 West Valley Freeway, Route 237 Southbay Freeway
- Route 87 Guadalupe Freeway
- Route 152; Route 156
- Route 82 El Camino Real
North Bay
- Highway 101 Redwood Highway and Route 1 Shoreline Highway
- Interstate 505
- Route 29 through Solano County
- Route 37 Through Vallejo
- Route 12 Sonoma
East Bay
- Interstates 680 Sinclair Freeway and Interstate 880 Nimitz Freeway
- Interstate 980 Grove Shafter Freeway
- Interstate 205 Alameda County to San Joaquin County
- Route 13 Warren Freeway and Route 24 Grover Shafter Freeway
- Interstate 238 and Route 238 Mission Boulevard
- Route 4 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
- Saint Francis Memorial Hospital
- San Francisco General Hospital
- St. Mary's Medical Center
- UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
OAKLAND
SAN JOSE
- Regional Medical Center of San Jose
- Good Samaritan Hospital
- Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center
- O'Connor Hospital
- Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
- El Camino Hospital Los Gatos
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 grief support organizations.
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.
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Accident reports by county
Most recent accident reports
The pilot of a Piper PA-22 was killed in a crash in northern California in the Livermore area at 9 p.m. Monday. The cause of the crash is under investigation. The crash sparked a small brush fire.
A 30-year-old man was bicycling north in the bike lane on Valenica Street when a 19-year-old woman veered into the bike lane and pinned him against a parked van.
Around 9 p.m. Sunday, Moraga police were following an Acura Integra that had been stolen from Concord. The officers tailed the car down St.
The three-vehicle collision happened at 14th and Adeline streets at approximately 5:00 p.m. when a man in his 40s who was a passenger in a Chevrolet pickup was killed.
Oakland police are asking the public's help in locating the driver responsible for a deadly hit-and-run that killed Royce Vaughn, 47, at approximately 11 p.m. Friday night on 28th Street near San Pablo Avenue.
A Gilroy motorcyclist was killed in a collision Thursday morning on Moffett Boulevard in Mountain View. Karl Halladay, 24, crashed with a car and was transported to a local hospital where he died.
Maria Crozier, 31, of North Ridgeville, Ohio, and her husband, Brad Crozier, 38, were bicycling shortly before 2 p.m.
Gail Smith, 49, majorly injured in single-motorcycle crash on Highway 128 in Napa County, California
49-year-old Gail Smith of El Sobrante was injured when his motorcycle crashed on westbound Highway 128 approximately 1 mile east of Pope Valley Road at 4:40 p.m.
59-year-old Jon Spiegel of Vacaville was unable to negotiate a curve on southbound Monticello Road at around 4:35 p.m.
The California Highway Patrol says 60-year-old Michael Frates of San Ramon failed to stop in time behind another vehicle that had stopped for the red light at the intersection of southbound Highway 29 at Highway 221 on Sunday afternoon.
In Lakeport on Friday night, Nicholas Ivicevich was driving on Park Way north of Lakeshore Boulevard when he lost control of his 1997 Honda Civic while going around a curve. The car left the roadway and struck a utility pole.
Two people died in a fiery single vehicle accident near Napa on Friday. Ernest Crain, 54, of Angwin, has been identified as one victim, and no details have been released on the identity of the other person. The crash occurred at about 10 p.m.
One person is dead after a plane crashed near Livermore Thursday night or Friday morning. A single-engine Cessna 210 traveling to Reid-Hillview Airport in San Jose from Concord was reported overdue Thursday.