Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, FL - Accident News and Resources including car, bicycle, motorcycle and truck accidents and much more.

Orlando, Daytona Beach, and Melbourne - Disney World and the Daytona 500 on the "Fun Coast" of Florida

Over 50 million people per year visit the famous Walt Disney World theme park located in Orlando, making it one of the world's biggest tourist destinations. On the coast northeast of Orlando you'll find Daytona Beach, and just south of that, the city of Melbourne, which are both in a region sometimes referred to as the Fun Coast. The hard-packed sand beaches of the area were popular places to drive motor vehicles, and until the building of the Daytona Speedway in 1959, the location of the famous Daytona 500, races were held on the Daytona Beach Road Course. 

Major Roadways:

  • Interstate 4, leads from the center of Orlando to Daytona Beach to the northeast, where it intersects with I-95. Leads to Lakeland going southwest from Orlando.
  • I-95 follows the east coast of Florida past the west sides of Melbourne and Daytona Beach.
  • U.S. Route 192 goes west from Melbourne towards the south side of Orlando.

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After an accident in Orlando, Daytona Beach, or Melbourne, here is information on the major hospitals:

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When someone is injured in an accident in Orlando, Daytona Beach, or Melbourne, 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.

What to do after a serious injury accident in Orlando, Daytona Beach, or Melbourne

When someone has been injured or killed in a motor-vehicle collision in this region, 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 an Orlando area personal injury attorney will help injured victims and families.  

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Most recent accident reports

On Wednesday night, the Maitland Fire Rescue and the Maitland police rushed to Circle Avenue near Orlando Avenue where a pedestrian, identified as Timothy Maurer, 29, was instantly killed after getting hit by a CSX train.
Date: 
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Roadway: 
Orlando Avenue
Type: Car Accident
A plane crash in thick fog killed a woman in New Smyrna Beach Tuesday night around 9 p.m. near Flagler Avenue and U.S Highway A1A.
Date: 
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Jorge Camargo Prado of Orlando was driving east on Sandlake Road near Winegard Road in his 2005 Hyundai vehicle in the eastbound direction when an as-yet unidentified 61-year-old Orlando man was attempting to cross the
A crash between a pickup truck and a motorcycle left two people dead and another injured on County Road 42 and Ohio Street in Lake County just before 4:30 p.m. Monday.
Date: 
Monday, February 23, 2015
A 74-year-old wrong way-driver died in a head-on crash that injured three other people early Wednesday on U.S. Highway 192 in Osceola County. Bruce Baxter was driving a Buick and was heading eastbound on the westbound lane of U.S. 192 in St.
Date: 
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
An Altamonte Springs man died after his vehicle left the roadway and crashed into trees in Seminole County on Wednesday night. Raymond Williams, 41, ran into the concrete median strip while driving south on County Road 427.
Date: 
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Roadway: 
County Road 427
Type: Car Accident
Three people were killed and five others injured following a multi-vehicle collision on I-95 in Brevard County near Rockledge at about 1:20 a.m.
Date: 
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Roadway: 
I-95
Type: Car Accident
Topics: 
Head-on
Two men were killed and two women injured in an airboat crash Sunday on Lake Jesup, after the driver apparently misjudged the clearance between the water and the underside of the State Road 417 bridge.
Date: 
Sunday, December 28, 2014
Roadway: 
State Road 417
A 26-year-old Deltona man was killed Friday after a head-on motorcycle collision with an SUV. Conrad Lapura was traveling eastbound on Saxon Boulevard near Finland Drive in Deltona around 2 p.m.
Date: 
Friday, December 26, 2014
Roadway: 
Saxon Boulevard
A male bicyclist in his 50's was injured in accident on South Volusia Avenue in front of a Wendy's restaurant in Orange City, FL after being hit by a car, driven by a woman in her 70's, when he tried to cr
Date: 
Saturday, October 25, 2014
At about 7:00pm, Daw was driving a four-door sedan west when he drifted into the oncoming lane and struck Strates vehicle head-on. Daw was killed in the collision, while Strates was injured and taken to a nearby hospital.
Date: 
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Roadway: 
State Road 46
Type: Car Accident
Topics: 
Head-on
A DeLand man and woman died in an accident off of Interstate 4 near Deltona. Law enforcement officers are investigating whether Sean McGillivray or Nicole Keller was the driver. The crash were located just before 1:30 p.m.
Date: 
Monday, December 15, 2014
Roadway: 
Interstate 4
A 61-year-old Ormond Beach motorcyclist died Saturday when his motorcycle was struck by a vehicle driven by an elderly woman in Volusia County. The motorcyclist, Robert Clayton, died after being transported to the hospital.
Date: 
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Roadway: 
State Road 415
Leesburg City Commissioner Jay Hurley won't face criminal charges in an accident that killed a motorcyclist during Bikefest in April.
Date: 
Sunday, April 27, 2014