Complete New Orleans, LA accident reports and news.

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Accidents in New Orleans result in serious injuries and deaths each year

After a New Orleans 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 New Orleans accident is fatal, families are left to struggle with their grief and loss as best they can.

Here are resources to help accident victims and their families after a New Orleans 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 New Orleans include:

Children's Hospital New Orleans Tulane Medical Center University Medical Center New Orleans New Orleans East Hospital Ochsner Health System Kindred Hospital New Orleans

How do you deal with an insurance claim after a New Orleans 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 crash occurs, a personal injury attorney is needed to manage the insurance claim. Go here to learn more about how an injury lawyer helps accident victims.

Most recent accident reports

Date Type
Mon, 07/04/2016 Car Accident Two people killed and one injured in fiery single-vehicle car wreck at Press Drive and Leon C. Simon Boulevard in New Orleans, Louisiana
Tue, 05/02/2023 Car Accident At least one person died in a multi-vehicle collision at the intersection of Interstate 10 westbound and Crowder Boulevard in New Orleans, Louisiana
Tue, 03/24/2015 Car Accident At least two people seriously injured in multi-vehicle crash on Canal Street river-bound at South Carrollton Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana
Fri, 08/26/2016 Car Accident Off-duty NOPD officer Tony Mitchell, 45, killed in crash involving disabled vehicle on West Bank Expressway in New Orleans, Louisiana
Sun, 05/14/2023 Car Accident Man struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver at the intersection of Canal Street and Rampart Street in New Orleans, Louisiana
Fri, 03/17/2023 Car Accident Jason Galaforo, 43, died from his injuries after struck by a hit-and-run vehicle on Central Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana
Sun, 09/04/2016 Car Accident One person killed and one injured in head-on crash on Chef Menteur Highway in New Orleans, Louisiana
Wed, 05/13/2015 Car Accident Motorcyclist Jermaine Brealy, 35, killed in accident on Chef Menteur Highway in New Orleans, Louisiana
Sun, 02/16/2014 Car Accident 70-year-old man killed in single car crash on I-10 when he loses control of car and crashes into several guard rails.
Wed, 06/21/2023 Car Accident Woman died when struck by a hit-and-run vehicle while riding a motorized scooter on Earhart Expressway in New Orleans, Louisiana
Tue, 05/19/2015 Car Accident Edgard Santos Gonzales, 25, died in a single-vehicle crash in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Mon, 10/11/2021 Car Accident Gabriel Porter, 15, and Albani Wilkerson, 2, struck and killed on Interstate 510 in New Orleans, Louisiana
Thu, 02/13/2014 Car Accident 2 people suffer minor injuries after rear-end collision on the southbound Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in New Orleans, Louisiana
Sun, 10/02/2016 Car Accident Mark Robinson, 52, Tina Bland, 50, and Karen Mays, 53, dead, and Lenwood McQueen, 37, injured when tow-truck strikes pedestrians on Tulane Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana
Fri, 08/11/2023 Car Accident One died after being trapped in a fiery car wreck near the intersection of Almonaster Avenue and Read Boulevard in New Orleans, Louisiana