Complete Detroit, MI accident reports and news.

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Accidents in Detroit result in serious injuries and deaths each year

After a Detroit 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 Detroit 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 Detroit 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 Detroit include:

Detroit Medical Center; Henry Ford Medical Center - Harbor Town; Children's Hospital of Michigan; DMC Sinai Grace Hospital.

How do you deal with an insurance claim after a Detroit 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 a Detroit injury lawyer helps accident victims.

Most recent accident reports

Date Type
Fri, 09/26/2014 Truck Accident Truck driver Stanford Doll, 54, dead after trash truck strikes a pedestrian bridge, causing it to collapse onto the Southfield Freeway in Detroit
Tue, 01/27/2015 Truck Accident Klajdi Koka, 36, dies after rear-ending semi truck on I-75 near Clark Avenue in Detroit, Michigan
Tue, 06/28/2016 Bicycle Accident 47-year-old woman on bicycle dies in hit-and-run crash on Grand River and Lothrop in Detroit, Michigan
Thu, 04/14/2022 Bicycle Accident Bicyclist killed in hit-and-run collision on Gilchrist Street in Detroit, Michigan
Sun, 11/22/2020 Pedestrian Accident Two people killed when struck by vehicle following prior collision on Lodge Freeway in Detroit, Michigan
Sun, 05/18/2014 Pedestrian Accident Cortney Sheilds, 23, charged with murder in hit-and-run death of Kamari Smith, 8, on May 19 in Detroit.
Mon, 05/16/2022 Pedestrian Accident Iris Liciaga, 32, fatally struck by hit-and-run driver Leonardo Emmanuel Munoz-Gutierrez, 24, while attempting to cross Livernois Avenue in Detroit, Michigan
Sun, 03/14/2021 Pedestrian Accident One killed when hit by car on Southfield freeway service drive in Detroit, Michigan
Tue, 04/01/2014 Pedestrian Accident 11-year-old boy injured after he is struck by a truck on Morang and Balfour Streets in Detroit.
Mon, 05/30/2022 Pedestrian Accident Ghadir Saleh, 12, killed and her 16-year-old sister injured when hit-and-run driver strikes them on beach of Belle Island in Detroit, Michigan
Tue, 06/02/2015 Pedestrian Accident Timesha Danill-Taylor, 14, killed, and Jermya Brown, 15, in critical condition after they are hit by a van in a crosswalk on Eight Mile Road in Detroit, MI
Tue, 03/25/2014 Pedestrian Accident Detroit police sergeant seriously injured after he is struck by a woman driving a van, at Majestic and Mansfield Streets in Detroit
Sun, 07/03/2016 Pedestrian Accident Charlotte Kish, 83, killed in pedestrian collision with alleged hit-and-run driver Deonte Renfroe, 19, at Outer Drive and Lamont in Detroit, Michigan
Fri, 08/05/2016 Pedestrian Accident Pedestrian in wheelchair Anthony Stewart, 45, killed in collision with hit-and-run driver on McNichols Road in Detroit, Michigan
Tue, 04/06/2021 Pedestrian Accident Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run collision at Gratiot and Georgia in Detroit, Michigan