Complete Palm Beach County, FL accident reports and news.
Accidents in Palm Beach County are a major cause of property damage, injury, and death each year
In Palm Beach County, statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show that traffic crashes remain a primary public safety issue. Car, truck, bicycle, pedestrian, and motorcycle accidents are all a common occurrence, despite improvements in vehicle safety features, road design, bicycle and pedestrian corridors, and traffic signs.
When an accident happens in Palm Beach County, it is important to do the following immediately:
- Remain at the crash scene;
- Check on the condition of all people involved in the crash;
- Call the police;
- Exchange information with other drivers;
- Get contact information from witnesses;
- Inform your insurance company;
- Get appropriate medical treatment, and track the details;
- Take photos of vehicle damage and injuries;
- Consider hiring a personal injury attorney.
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Accident Reports by city
Most recent accident reports
West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce, FL
Jupiter police continue to investigate a crash in which a vehicle hit a man crossing Indiantown Road Thursday night, sending him to the hospital with critical injuries, a police spokesman said Friday.
West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce, FL
West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce, FL
After he was released from JFK Hospital with minor injuries from crashing his car into a home in Lake Worth, Albert Garcia-Cruz was booked into the Palm Beach County Jail on Monday.
Garcia-Cruz, 26, faces a moving traffic violation because he did not have a driver’s licence.
West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce, FL
One person, later identified as Leonard W. McGarity, 58, died in the plane crash this afternoon in the 2900 block of Greenbriar Boulevard. The plane is a single-engine experimental aircraft, said a Palm Beach County Fire Rescue spokesman Capt.
The crash happened around 12:55 p.m.
West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce, FL
The driver of the blue Ford Explorer that crashed into a Lake Worth home this morning is in a local hospital and is facing criminal charges, according to a Palm Beach County sheriff’s spokeswoman.
West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce, FL
One person was taken to a hospital Saturday morning after a three-car rollover crash at Jog and Belvedere roads in suburban West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue said.
West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce, FL
A 19-year-old woman was killed Wednesday night in a vehicle crash in West Palm Beach.
Tiffany Hicks of West Palm Beach was a passenger in a vehicle traveling near 45th Street and North Military Trail, west of Village Boulevard, around 9:30 p.m.
West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce, FL
Three bodies were found and seven people were rescued after a boat capsized 75 miles northeast of West Palm Beach Thursday, officials said.
West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce, FL
Three people were injured in a four vehicle crash in Delray Beach Tuesday, according to Delray Beach Fire Rescue. Two of the vehicles rolled over as a result of the crash which happened around 11:15 a.m.
West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce, FL
Five people are being taken to the hospital with minor injuries after a bus crash in West Palm Beach, a city fire spokesman said. The crash involving a Palm Tran bus happened about 10:35 a.m. at Eucalyptus Street near Dixie Highway.
West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce, FL
A 47-year-old man died Monday morning when he was hit by a car in West Palm Beach, according to a police spokesman.
West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce, FL
A 9-year-old child was taken to Bethesda East Hospital this afternoon after being hit by a car in suburban Lake Worth, according to a Palm Beach County Fire Rescue spokesman.
West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce, FL
A 24-year-old Broward County man has been identified as the driver in a hit-and-run crash that seriously injured a 53-year-old bicyclist Friday morning, city police said. Traffic homicide investigators said Jeffrey Camenzuli of Coral Springs was driving a 2013 Kia shortly before 5 a.m.
West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce, FL
An 87-year-old woman died Thursday night after injuries from a car accident that afternoon.