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When someone is injured in an accident in Grand Junction or Montrose, it is important to gather information about what happens next.

Being injured in a serious accident is always a shocking and scary experience, and dealing with the aftermath is exhausting and stressful. Accident victims are forced to deal with hospitalization, medical treatments, missed work, and lost income, often while trying to manage pain and disability from their injuries. And then the insurance adjusters start circling. Find out more about accidents and what issues an injured person needs to be aware of by going to this link.

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Accident reports by county

Dolores County, CO - 1
Mesa County, CO - 14
Montrose County, CO - 4

Most recent accident reports

Trent Umberger, Nathan Jones, and Kathi Ann Wallace killed in collision in work zone on Highway 6 near Grand Junction, Colorado

Date: 
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Roadway: 
Highway 6
City: 
Grand Junction, CO
Type: Car Accident

28-year-old woman killed, 28-year-old man hospitalized when their vehicle departs Rim Rock Drive in Fruita, Colorado

Date: 
Monday, September 12, 2022
Roadway: 
Rim Rock Drive
City: 
Fruita, CO
Type: Car Accident
Topics: 
Road Departure

Three injured, one seriously, in multi-vehicle collision at LaSalle Road and North Townsend Avenue in Montrose, Colorado

Date: 
Monday, March 22, 2021
Roadway: 
LaSalle Road and North Townsend Avenue
City: 
Montrose, CO
Type: Car Accident
Topics: 
Pileup

Alleged carjacking suspect David Gaines, 17, shot, killed by police after he strikes, kills motorcyclist Preston Ellis, 57, on Grand Avenue in Grand Junction, Colorado

According to police in Grand Junction, at about 5:50 p.m.

Date: 
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Roadway: 
Grand Avenue
City: 
Grand Junction, CO
Type: Motorcycle Accident
Topics: 
Accident Topics: Teenaged Drivers - Young Adult Drivers, Unusual Circumstances, High-Speed/Excessive Speed

A semi-trailer overturned on Interstate 70 after its driver allegedly fell asleep east of Grand Junction, Colorado

A semi-trailer overturned on Interstate 70 after its driver fell asleep east of Grand Junction, Colorado.  On Thursday morning the truck overturned in the westbound lanes in Mesa County. No one was injured in the accident.

Date: 
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Roadway: 
Interstate 70
City: 
Grand Junction, CO
Type: Car Accident
Topics: 
Accident Type - Commercial Truck Accident, Asleep at Wheel/Driver Fatigue

Bill Kaupp, 64, Clint Kaupp, Tim Mueller, 28, and Ron McKenzie, 66, killed in small-plane crash near Dove Creek, Colorado

Date: 
Thursday, February 22, 2018
City: 
Dove Creek, CO
Type: Aircraft Accident

Linda Woodward and Billy Steele dead, 1 injured when truck crosses median, strikes second truck on I-70 in Grand Junction, Colorado

Date: 
Sunday, October 29, 2017
Roadway: 
Interstate 70
City: 
Grand Junction, CO
Type: Car Accident

3 injured when pickup strikes police vehicles at scene of previous accident on I-70 in Grand Junction, Colorado

Date: 
Sunday, October 29, 2017
Roadway: 
Interstate 70
City: 
Grand Junction, CO
Type: Car Accident
Topics: 
Police and Government Vehicles

Larry Linn, 34, killed and one person injured in single-vehicle rollover crash on U.S. 50 in Whitewater, Colorado

Date: 
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Roadway: 
U.S. 50
City: 
Whitewater, CO
Type: Car Accident
Topics: 
Rollover

5 people believed killed, after their single-engine aircraft, on a flight from Bartlesville, Okla. to Montrose, crashes in Ridgeway Reservoir, 25 miles south of Montrose in Ouray County, Colorado.

A small plane believed to be carrying five people crashed into a reservoir in southwestern Colorado and authorities say all are feared dead.

Date: 
Friday, March 21, 2014
Roadway: 
Ridgway Reservoir
City: 
Montrose, CO
Type: Aircraft Accident

No injuries reported when tractor-trailer rolls on Interstate 70 in Mesa County, Colorado; highway is strewn with pork

Date: 
Sunday, October 25, 2015
Roadway: 
Interstate 70
Type: Truck Accident
Topics: 
Non-Fuel Spill

David S. McDonald, 63, killed; 19-year-old injured in two-ATV crash in Garfield County, Colorado

Date: 
Sunday, September 20, 2015
City: 
De Beque, CO
Type: Other Type of Accident
Topics: 
ATV/UTV Accident

Gary Willis, 60, killed in motorcycle crash at D Road and East Grove Drive in Mesa County, Colorado

Date: 
Saturday, July 25, 2015
Roadway: 
D Road and East Grove Drive
Type: Motorcycle Accident
Topics: 
Helmet Usage

Dana Brewer, 49, and passengers William Kennon, 47, and Richard James Platz, 47, killed in plane crash in Collbran, Colorado

Three men from Mesa County are dead after a plane crash on Thursday. Crews found the plane’s wreckage on Thursday night in a remote area east of Collbran and 35 miles northwest of Grand Junction.
Date: 
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
City: 
Collbran, CO
Type: Aircraft Accident

3-year-old boy killed when Grand Valley bus strikes him at North Avenue and 29 Road in Grand Junction, CO

A 3-year-old child was crossing North Avenue with an adult at about 12:20 p.m. when he was hit by a bus turning right from 29 Road.
Date: 
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Roadway: 
North Avenue and 29 Road
City: 
Grand Junction, CO
Type: Pedestrian Accident
Topics: 
Children/Minors Involved