North Carolina

When someone is injured in an accident in North Carolina, it is important to gather information about what happens next.

Being injured in a serious accident is always a shocking and scary experience, and dealing with the aftermath is exhausting and stressful. Accident victims are forced to deal with hospitalization, medical treatments, missed work, and lost income, often while trying to manage pain and disability from their injuries. And then the insurance adjusters start circling. Find out more about accidents and what issues an injured person needs to be aware of by going to this link.

Accident reports by area

Charlotte, NC - 705

Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, NC - 603

Greenville-New Bern-Washington, NC - 45

Raleigh-Durham, NC - 1,160

Wilmington, NC - 67

Legal and Other Resources and Information

North Carolina State Bar Association

The North Carolina Bar Association is a voluntary statewide organization composed of more than 19,500 lawyers, paralegals and law students. The NCBA was founded 1899 and is based at the N.C. Bar Center, located at 8000 Weston Parkway in Cary. Volunteer service and leadership permeates virtually every aspect of the organization, from four divisions devoted to young lawyers, senior lawyers, paralegals and law students, to 30 practice specialty sections, to the various committees, commissions and task forces of the NCBA.

BuckleUpNC.org

Information about car seats, seatbelts and general safety related to vehicle occupant restraints.

Most recent accident reports

Raleigh-Durham, NC

Pedestrian struck and critically injured by car near intersection.

Accident Date:

Wed, 01/15/2014

Raleigh police closed northbound Creedmoor Road near the intersection with West Millbrook Road for a time Thursday morning after a car seriously injured a man shortly after 7 a.m.

Raleigh-Durham, NC

Ramsis Matta Soliman killed, one other injured, taken to hospital, after single car crash on I-40.

Accident Date:

Wed, 01/15/2014

A Raleigh man died Wednesday night after his car ran off the road on the westbound side of Interstate 40 in Johnston County and then flipped over the median cables and stopped on the eastbound side of the highway.

Raleigh-Durham, NC

Justice Yasmeem Smith, 16, struck and killed by hit-and-run driver in Raleigh, North Carolina

Accident Date:

Wed, 01/15/2014

A 16-year-old North Carolina girl died following a hit-and-run collision Thursday night. Justice Yasmeem Smith was hit around 9:40 p.m. in north Raleigh. She later died at a hospital. The suspect vehicle fled the scene and hasn't been found yet, Raleigh police said.

Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, NC

Keith Even Martin, 56, killed when his moped crashes into traffic circle at Old Plank Road and Hitchcock Way in High Point, North Carolina

Accident Date:

Wed, 01/15/2014

A man has died after crashing his moped Thursday night in High Point. Police said Keith Even Martin, 56, of High Point, was traveling south on Old Plank Road around 7 p.m. Officers said he collided with a traffic circle at the intersection of Old Plank Road and Hitchcock Way.

Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, NC

Tyrone Baxter Kirby arrested after multi-vehicle accident and police chase injures 6 people including two officers.

Accident Date:

Tue, 01/14/2014

Four people, including a suspect, were injured in a multi-vehicle crash during a police chase in Winston-Salem Wednesday. Police allege the suspect struck two officers and had a "large quantity" of drugs and cash in his car.

Raleigh-Durham, NC

7 students, drivers, taken to hospitals after school bus and tractor-trailer collide on U.S. 70 in Johnston County, North Carolina

Accident Date:

Tue, 01/14/2014

Nine people were taken to three area hospitals Wednesday morning after a school bus and a tractor-trailer collided on U.S. 70 in Johnston County, officials said. The incident happened about 7 a.m. near the highway’s intersection with Uzzle Industrial Drive, officials said.

Charlotte, NC

One confirmed killed after car and pickup crash in Union County.

Accident Date:

Mon, 01/13/2014

Emergency officials are on the scene of a fatal accident in Union County, according to the North Carolina Highway Patrol.

The accident happened just before 4 p.m. on Monroe-Ansonville Road near the intersection of Trull Hinson Road, just north of the town of Wingate.

Charlotte, NC

14-year-old-girl killed, driver Dayron Warren, two others injured, when car goes out of control and rolls several times.

Accident Date:

Sun, 01/12/2014

A teen driver is being charged in connection to a Monday accident that left a 14-year-old girl dead, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police.

The incident happened just after 2:30 p.m. on the 4500 block of Camp Stewart Road in east Charlotte.

Greenville-New Bern-Washington, NC

Zachary Stoyer 13, killed after being electrocuted when car he is riding crashes into power pole.

Accident Date:

Fri, 01/10/2014

A 13-year-old boy died Saturday after being electrocuted following a vehicle crash in Bertie County.

North Carolina Highway Patrol said around 12:30 p.m., a SUV ran off the road on Highway 42, west of Colerain, and hit a utility pole.

Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, NC

School bus and two cars involved in crash on Business 40 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Accident Date:

Thu, 01/09/2014

A crash involving two cars and a school bus with children on board slowed traffic on Business 40 west Friday morning.

Raleigh-Durham, NC

Two car crash on I-40 blocks traffic near Cary N.C.

Accident Date:

Tue, 01/07/2014

A wreck on westbound Interstate 40 near Reedy Creek Road hampered commuter traffic about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday.

There were no immediate reports of any serious injuries, but emergency personnel said debris from the crash interfered with traffic.

Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, NC

School bus accident leaves 19 students with minor injuries in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Accident Date:

Tue, 01/07/2014

About 20 students were taken to the hospital after a school bus was involved in a crash in Winston-Salem Wednesday morning. The crash happened around 10 a.m. at the intersection of Murray Road and Becks Church Road.

Raleigh-Durham, NC

Michael Parker Woodruff cited when his logging truck overturns spilling logs, closing road.

Accident Date:

Mon, 01/06/2014

The driver of a tractor-trailer truck was cited for speeding after he lost control of his rig and spilled a load of lumber on Atlantic Avenue on Tuesday morning.

No injuries were reported, but it took workers most of Tuesday to clear the lumber from the road.

Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, NC

Ousseynou Diop, Kiante Powell, seriously injured, taken to hospital, after two car crash on Highway 29.

Accident Date:

Mon, 01/06/2014

Two people were injured, one seriously, in a crash that blocked Highway 29 south early Tuesday morning.

Ousseynou Diop, 41, and Kiante Powell, 20, both of Greensboro, were injured in the two-vehicle collision around 4:10 a.m. on the southbound side near the Interstate 40 merging area.

Charlotte, NC

Quanisha Layjoyce Cherry killed, driver Adoma Connor charged, after their car is struck by tractor-trailer.

Accident Date:

Sun, 01/05/2014

Police in Charlotte say a man has been charged after a woman riding in his vehicle was killed in a crash with a tractor trailer early Monday morning.

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Complete North Carolina accident reports and news.

When someone is injured in an accident in North Carolina, it is important to gather information about what happens next.

Accident reports by area

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