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Atlanta - The largest city in Georgia, renowned as the major commercial and transportation hub of the southeast United States
Atlanta is the largest city and capital of Georgia, is the seat of Fulton County. It is situated in the northwest part of the state at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains near the Chattahoochee River.
The city's economy is led by the service, communications, retail trade, manufacturing, finance, and insurance industries. The convention business is also important, and Atlanta is home to many major corporations, including Coca-Cola, which was founded there in 1892.
Atlanta is also a major educational center, with many prestigious universities and colleges, including Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Georgia State University.
Major highways around the Atlanta region
Six interstate highways—I-20, I-75, I-85, I-285, I-575, and I-675—help metropolitan Atlanta residents and visitors get where they need to go.
Since their construction in the 1960s and 1970s, Atlanta's interstate highways have helped fuel urban sprawl, first around the northern I-285 perimeter and Interstates 75 and 85 north of the city. In the 1980s and 1990s, growth moved toward the southern part of the perimeter, following I-20 both east and west, as well as I-75 and I-85 south. This sprawl in turn fueled growth in traffic volume that prompted the interstate highway expansion and rebuilding projects that continue to this day.
All types of accidents in Atlanta
If you are looking for information on a specific accident in Atlanta, please check the links below:
- Atlanta commercial trucking accidents
- Atlanta car accidents
- Atlanta bus accidents
- Atlanta aircraft accidents
- Atlanta motorcycle accidents
- Atlanta pedestrian accidents
- Atlanta train accidents
- Atlanta boating accidents
- Atlanta bicycle accidents
After an injury accident, you may need information about hospitals in Atlanta:
- Emory University Hospital;
- Piedmont Atlanta Hospital;
- Atlanta Medical Center;
- Northside Hospital Atlanta.
After a fatal accident, loved ones can get help to deal with grief and loss. Go here to learn more about Atlanta grief support groups.
Click the links below to learn more about issues surrounding Atlanta accidents, including:
- Common causes of Atlanta crashes;
- Causes of truck accidents in Atlanta;
- Information on Atlanta pedestrian accident injuries;
- Statistics about drunk driving accidents in Atlanta;
- The medical and legal aspects of dealing with an Atlanta motorcycle accident
- Atlanta motor-vehicle accident statistics
- Information on premises liability legal help in Atlanta
- Statistics on Georgia commercial truck accidents
- Types of brain injuries from Atlanta accidents
- The reasons to hire a good Atlanta fatal injury attorney to handle a wrongful death claim
When someone is seriously injured or killed in an accident, it is important to get help from an experienced personal injury attorney. A good accident lawyer works with injured folks to get financial compensation for accidents and injuries. Learn more about:
- Atlanta car accidents;
- Atlanta pedestrian accidents;
- Atlanta motorcycle accidents;
- Atlanta tractor trailer accidents;
- Atlanta bicycle accidents;
- Atlanta drunk driving accidents;
- Atlanta distracted driving accidents;
- Atlanta wrongful death claims;
- Atlanta spinal cord injuries;
- Atlanta traumatic brain injuries.
Where to find legal assistance after you or a loved one are involved in an Atlanta accident
After a serious crash, it is crucial to get help from an Atlanta personal injury attorney who understands the local regulations and legal standards, who knows how insurance policies work, 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, an Atlanta wrongful death lawyer will launch a claim that will begin the process of financial recovery for the family members left behind. Learn more here about what an Atlanta personal injury attorney can do to help.
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Accident reports by county
Banks County, GA -
7
Barrow County, GA -
12
Bartow County, GA -
24
Butts County, GA -
6
Chattooga County, GA -
30
Cherokee County, GA -
38
Clarke County, GA -
22
Clayton County, GA -
42
Cobb County, GA -
243
Coweta County, GA -
17
DeKalb County, GA -
159
Douglas County, GA -
26
Fayette County, GA -
13
Floyd County, GA -
30
Forsyth County, GA -
34
Fulton County, GA -
436
Gwinnett County, GA -
114
Habersham County, GA -
24
Hall County, GA -
59
Henry County, GA -
25
Jackson County, GA -
19
Lamar County, GA -
2
Newton County, GA -
14
Pike County, GA -
5
Polk County, GA -
5
Rabun County, GA -
7
Towns County, GA -
1
Troup County, GA -
19
Union County, GA -
1
Upson County, GA -
15
White County, GA -
12
Most recent accident reports
Two people were killed and one person seriously injured in a two-vehicle collision in South Hall County late Saturday. The drivers, Cynthia Farmer, 49, of Auburn, and Daisye Faust, 79, of Flowery Branch, died in the head-on crash.
Date:
Saturday, April 25, 2015Roadway:
Ga. 13/Atlanta Highway
Type: Car Accident
Topics:
Head-on
Early Sunday afternoon, 19-year-old Joshua Saunders attempted to back up in a black 1978 Chevrolet K10 at a residence on the 2400 block of Miller Drive off Old Cornelia Highway in East Hall when a toddler ran behind the vehicle.
The deceased rider, described as a man in his 50s, was pronounced deceased at the crash site. The driver of the Jeep who hit the rider stopped briefly and then fled the scene.
Type: Other Type of Accident
At about 10 a.m. at the intersection of Montgomery Drive and Browns Bridge Road, two vehicles collided head on, injuring five people including a 16-month old child.
Type: Car Accident
Type: Bicycle Accident
A police chase in Atlanta began around 1 a.m. Friday when an officer attempted to conduct a traffic stop at Martin Luther King Jr. and Jesse Hill Jr. drives and the driver of a 2005 gray Ford F-150 pickup did not stop.
Type: Car Accident
On Wednesday night a car ran into a fire truck that was responding to an accident with injuries in Atlanta when it was hit. Due to the the accidentall southbound lanes on I-75/85 were shut down near University Avenue in downtown Atlanta.
Type: Car Accident
Topics:
Police and Government Vehicles
On Wednesday afternoon the driver of a cement truck ran a red light, then overturned and caused an accident in the process that damaged a vehicle on North Decatur Road.
Date:
Thursday, May 7, 2015City:
Decatur, GA
Type: Truck Accident
Shortly after 10:00 a.m., a Piper PA-32 airplane crashed onto the median and eastbound lanes of I-295 in Atlanta.
Type: Aircraft Accident
A Thursday night crash took the life of one person after the impact of a two-vehicle crash threw them from their vehicle. The accident caused several lanes of the interstate to be shut down for several hours while crews cleaned up.
Date:
Thursday, May 14, 2015Roadway:
Interstate 75 at Windy Hill Road
Type: Car Accident
Topics:
Ejected from VehicleOne car failed to yield to another at Georgia 92 and Jones Road, resulting in a cras that injured eight people. Few details are available at this time. The hurt were taken to Grady Memorial Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Date:
Tuesday, May 19, 2015Roadway:
Georgia 92 and Jones Road
Type: Car Accident
Topics:
Right of Way/Failure to Yield
Natalie Barnard, 20 and Rachel Beckstrom, 19, were involvied in the crash on Matt Highway Friday afternoon, which occurred when a car driven by Barnard was crushed by a tractor-trailer as she was pulling out of a driveway.
Date:
Friday, May 29, 2015Roadway:
Matt Highway
Type: Car Accident
68-year-old Thomas Gerald Aldridge was riding a motorcycle on Buford Dam Road when he attempted to pass a vehicle at about 11:00 a.m.
Type: Motorcycle Accident
29-year-old So Yang Kim, who was pronounced dead at the scene of a boat crash on Lake Lanier near Georgia 369. The accident was reported at around 9:40 p.m. Sunday.
Type: Boat Accident