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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 UniversityGeorgia 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

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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.

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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:

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.

Rank: 
8
Percent of U.S: 
2
State: 
Georgia

Most recent accident reports

A drunk, wrong-way driver did not stop until she caused a head-on collision Thursday morning. The accident occurred at the Downtown Connector ramp to I-20. The driver of the car, Monica Arrington, 38, went to Grady Memorial Hospital for treatment of
Police in Cobb County were investigating the death of a woman after a crash in a church parking lot. 68-year-old Katie O. Palmer died in Sunday morning wreck at Milford Baptist Church in Marietta.
Date: 
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Georgia State Patrol is investigating a double fatal pedestrian accident that happened in Lamar County on Friday. According to authorities, the accident happened on Georgia Highway 7 near Grove Street around 1 a.m.
Date: 
Thursday, May 15, 2014
A man was struck and killed Saturday morning after he got out of the passenger side of a vehicle in Sandy Springs.
Date: 
Friday, December 13, 2013
Roadway: 
I-285 West
Police say a pregnant woman and her unborn child have died after a horrific accident in Duluth on Saturday night. Gwinnett County Police say the accident happened around 9 p.m. Saturday near Pleasant Hill Road and Venture Drive.
Date: 
Friday, December 13, 2013
City: 
Duluth, GA
An overturned tanker truck on Buford Highway snarled traffic in DeKalb County on Tuesday. The tanker overturned on the ramp from Interstate 285 eastbound to Buford Highway around 5 p.m.
Date: 
Monday, December 30, 2013
Roadway: 
I-285
Type: Car Accident
A 6-year-old boy was killed while trying to cross a busy Fulton County roadway with his brother on Sunday night.
Date: 
Sunday, December 15, 2013
Four people were injured in a school bus accident in Atlanta Friday morning. The accident happened on Interstate 75 north at Howell Mill Road. Police said a vehicle apparently crossed three lanes of traffic and collided with the bus.
Date: 
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Roadway: 
I-75

A small plane has crashed not far from Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport, in Gainesville, Georgia, killing Lawrence Youhanaian, 74,  and injuring Kelly Chandler, 50, who is a flight instructor at Lanier Flight Center.

Date: 
Thursday, October 16, 2014

Tiffany Nicole Madison, 29, killed, 5 injured in car accident on Delowe Dr in East Point, GA, when the driver of a stolen Dodge crashed broadside into the Ford she was a passenger in.  The chase began at the intersection of Delowe Dr.

Date: 
Saturday, October 18, 2014
Roadway: 
Delowe Dr
Authorities say the driver of a stolen car caused a deadly crash that killed a woman in East Point. Police say an officer was trying to stop a car that had been reported stolen Saturday and began pursuing the car after the driver refused to stop.

Erica Mondor and her friend Autumn Miller were driving with two children in their vehicle when they crashed on Holcomb Bridge Road. Both women admitted to taken heroin, and hypodermic needles and drug related objects were found in the car.

A mother was killed and her child was seriously injured when they were struck by a private utility truck Wednesday while crossing Durham Park Road near the Indian Creek Marta stop.
Date: 
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Roadway: 
Durham Park Rd
Sometime in the morning, a car driving on Ga. 113 drifted into the oncoming lane and struck another vehicle head-on.
Date: 
Friday, December 26, 2014
Roadway: 
Ga. 113
A woman driving her car on I-75 south of Hampton Road, going northbound in the southbound lanes, crashed into a car, killing that driver at the scene.
Date: 
Friday, October 17, 2014
Roadway: 
I-75