Nashville, TN - Accident News and Resources including car, bicycle, motorcycle and truck accidents and much more.

Nashville, Tennessee - Known as Music City, Nashville’s connection to music is unequaled, and is the common thread connecting the life and soul of the city and its people

Nashville(link is external) has also long been known as the “Songwriting Capital of the World.” Songwriters from all over the world come to Music City to learn the art and share their passion of songwriting. 

Nashville is the capital of the Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. Nashville is the second largest city in Tennessee, after Memphis, and is the fourth largest city in the Southeastern United States. It is located on the Cumberland River in the north-central part of the state. The city is a also center for the healthcare, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home to numerous colleges and universities.

Travel options in Nashville include:

The Nashville International Airport(link is external)  is a public and military use airport in the southeastern section of Nashville.

Use the Nashville MTA(link is external) to get around town by bus:

Go to 511 Traffic and Travel Information(link is external) to view traffic conditions by region. And to find out current weather conditions in Memphis, go to Accuweather.com(link is external).

Links to recent accidents in the Nashville area:

Nashville car accidents

Nashville truck accidents;

Nashville bus accidents

Nashville boating accidents;

Nashville pedestrian accidents;

Nashville aircraft accidents;

Nashville motorcycle accidents;

Nashville train accidents.

If you are looking for information on a specific crash that happened in Nashville, go to the link above for the accident type you are seeking.

If you know someone who has been injured in a Nashville accident, the major regional hospitals are:

St. Thomas Midtown Hospital(link is external);

TriStar Centennial Medical Center(link is external);

Vanderbilt University Medical Center(link is external).

Nashville grief support information for accident victims

When a loved one is killed in a motor-vehicle accident, it is often helpful for grieving family and friends to get help from a grief support organization. It can be comforting to talk with others going through a similar situation, and the road to recovering from the loss may go more smoothly. Go here to get information on Nashville grief support therapists and organizations(link is external).

Nashville legal information for accident victims

After someone has been injured or killed in a motor-vehicle crash in Nashville, many decisions need to be made immediately and questions need to be answered. For example, how much of the medical costs will be covered by the insurance policy? How does PIP insurance help with medical bills immediately? What if the at-fault driver has no insurance?

Where to find legal assistance after a Nashville injury accident

After a serious crash, it is crucial to get help from a Nashville 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 caused by negligence, a Nashville injury lawyer will launch a claim that will begin the process of financial recovery for the family members left behind.

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Most recent accident reports

A driver is dead and two others were injured in a head-on collision in Smyrna on Tuesday night.
Date: 
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Roadway: 
Nissan Drive
City: 
Smyrna, TN
Type: Car Accident
Topics: 
Head-on

Around 1:15 Sunday, four girls were riding in a two-wheeled horse drawn buggy on the shoulder of 68-80 when a semi drove past and spooked the horse near the intersection on Vaughns Grove Fairview Road. The horse ran across the four lane highway in

Date: 
Monday, October 27, 2014
Roadway: 
68-80
Misty Lee Wadsworth, 35, a registered nurse at Fairfield Memorial Hospital in Wayne County, Illinois, died in a crash with a semi truck on Interstate 24 in Clarksville, Tennessee just after midnight on December 12.
Date: 
Friday, December 12, 2014
Roadway: 
Interstate 24
John Greer of Nashville was hauling wood pallets on I-24 north of Nashville Tuesday when he lost control of his semi-trailer truck, crossed the median, and then hit a FedEx truck driven by Michael Donley of Villa Grove, Illinois.
Date: 
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Roadway: 
I-24
A woman who had been missing since Thursday was found deceased Saturday morning in a crashed vehicle. Susan Sandusky Martin, 39, Leoma, Tennessee, was found inside her car Saturday morning in a wooded area about 400 yards off the roadway near Revillo
Date: 
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Type: Car Accident
A Good Samaritan who stopped to help at an accident scene on Friday died after stepping over a bridge railing and falling into a river below. Mark A.
Date: 
Friday, November 14, 2014
Roadway: 
Interstate 40
Wilson County Sheriff officials have identified the victim in the deadly ultralight aircraft crash as David "Bucky" Carter, of Nashville. Emergency crews were called around 10:45 a.m. to the scene, Saturday morning.
Date: 
Friday, April 11, 2014
Roadway: 
Edwards Road
Carol Boo was killed when 18-wheeler hauling 40,000 pounds of pumpkins veered across the two-lane roadway near the intersection of McGavock Pike and Kimberly Drive in Donelson, crashing through the wall of her home and into the bedroom she was sleepi
Former Titans kicker Rob Bironas was killed in an overnight car crash in Nashville. Bironas was involved in a single-vehicle crash in the 800 block of Battery Lane around 11 p.m. Saturday.
Date: 
Saturday, September 20, 2014
Roadway: 
Battery Lane
Families and friends are mourning the loss of four Warren County High School seniors killed in a fiery car crash overnight Saturday on Viola Road.
Date: 
Monday, February 24, 2014
Roadway: 
U.S. Highway 31
Type: Car Accident
A car slammed through a crowded chiropractor's office in East Nashville Tuesday. About a dozen patients were inside Vibrance Family Chiropractic on Main Street when the wreck happened.
Date: 
Monday, February 24, 2014
Roadway: 
Main Street
Type: Car Accident
Ice may be the cause of a crash that killed the driver of a motorcycle near Vanderbilt early Friday morning. Authorities said a 24-year-old man from Florida was driving west on Blakemore Avenue when he lost control of his bike.
Date: 
Thursday, January 30, 2014
A man was killed in a fiery crash Thursday morning in Thompson's Station. The wreck happened near the intersection of Harpeth-Peytonsville Road and Herbert Smithson Road just after 5:30 a.m.
Date: 
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Type: Car Accident

A man is dead after a late-night motorcycle crash in Murfreesboro.

Date: 
Saturday, July 19, 2014
Roadway: 
Halls Hill Pike