Complete Tampa, FL accident reports and news.

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Accidents in Tampa result in serious injuries and deaths each year

After a Tampa crash, injured people and their families need resources and support. Regardless of the severity of the collision, the people involved are left to deal with injuries, medical bills, property damage, and insurance claims. When a Tampa accident is fatal, families are left to struggle with their grief and loss as best they can.

Resources to help accident victims and their families after a Tampa wreck

Regardless of whether it is a car accident, pedestrian accident, motorcycle crash, bicycle collision, truck accident, or any other kind of injury accident, the following resources can be helpful for crash victims and their families and friends.

Major hospitals in Tampa include:

How do you deal with an insurance claim after a Tampa accident?

Regardless of how severe an accident is, almost everyone involved has to deal with insurance companies and claims. For accidents with very minor injuries and damage, a claim can sometimes be handled by working with the insurance adjuster. For crashes involving more serious injuries, or when a fatal accident occurs, a Tampa personal injury attorney is needed to manage the insurance claim. Go here to learn more about how a Tampa accident lawyer helps accident victims.

Legal Resources

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Tampa Bay may test futuristic "smart road" system

In the coming months, downtown Tampa may be host to testing a system of "smart roads." Smart roads have technology to speak to cars using "connected vehicle technology," which can let a vehicle know that a car up ahead is losing control, or warn a driver about a pedestrian crossing the street or an oncoming wrong-way driver. If the program is approved, smart roads capable of turning lights red and green to dynamically control traffic flow will be rolled out in the Channel District. 

Most recent accident reports

Date Type
Sat, 10/22/2016 Car Accident Jesus Emanuel Lanzo, 33, and Carlos Angler Quinones Perez, 33, killed; Anwar Daoud Askar, 54, charged in alleged DUI collision on Veterans Expressway near Tampa, Florida
Thu, 11/23/2017 Car Accident Justin B. Lakin, 21, Lashay D. Waiters, 24, and Yvette R. Alexandre, 21, killed in wrong-way collision on Interstate 75 in Tampa, Florida
Mon, 04/15/2024 Car Accident 11-year-old seriously injured in a two-vehicle collision that ended a police chase on 31st Street South in Tampa, Florida
Sun, 03/23/2014 Car Accident Jeffrey White, 33, arrested for leaving the scene, after a road-rage incident leads to him crashing his truck into a light pole near Tampa, and a YouTube viral video.
Fri, 05/05/2017 Car Accident Aryelle M. Oxendine, 21, dead, and Erica Perryman, 20, Fredreanna P. Hunt, 20, and Yalean Pimental, 17, injured in 2-vehicle crash on Waters Avenue in Tampa, Florida
Wed, 10/26/2016 Car Accident Marianela Murillo, 39, John Bernal, 9, Isabell Bernal, 10, Pablo Cortes, III, 22, and Jolie Bartolome, 19, killed in collision on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Tampa, Florida
Tue, 12/05/2017 Car Accident William Val Swartz, 78, killed and driver Joseph Obregon, 31, arrested following crash involving street racing on Sligh Avenue in Tampa, Florida
Mon, 04/15/2024 Car Accident 55-year-old driver seriously injured after crashing into a closed entrance ramp on the Selmon Expressway in Tampa, Florida
Mon, 03/17/2014 Car Accident Desiree R. Cruz, 31, killed, after her car strikes the elevated median, on Falkenburg Road in Tampa, and overturns.
Sun, 12/13/2015 Car Accident Sha-Mhya Hydiah, 19, killed; Zacarin Neal, 2, injured in texting-related crash on Courtney Campbell Causeway in Tampa, Florida
Thu, 05/11/2017 Car Accident 2 hospitalized in 2-car crash on East Busch Boulevard and 20th Street in Tampa, Florida
Tue, 03/02/2021 Car Accident Two women, ages 23 and 24, killed in wrong-way collision on Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa, Florida
Tue, 11/02/2021 Car Accident Willie D. Lloyd, Jr., 40, arrested following suspected DUI collision on Interstate 4 ramp to Interstate 275 in Tampa, Florida
Sat, 01/03/2015 Car Accident Kandace Michelle Tapia, 24, killed and Karen Juarez, 22, injured in single-vehicle rollover crash on I-275 in Tampa, Florida
Tue, 03/11/2014 Car Accident Alejandro Claudio, 41, injured after his car collides with a hit-and-run driver at Columbus Drive and Nebraska Avenue in Tampa, Florida