Tennessee is the 36th largest and the 17th most populous of the 50 United States. The Appalachian Mountains dominate the eastern part of the state, and the Mississippi River forms the state's western border. Tennessee's capital and second largest city is Nashville, which has a population of 601,222. Memphis is the state's largest city, with a population of 653,450.
Motor vehicle collisions are a major public safety issue in Tennessee. The Governor's Traffic Safety Office provides an high-quality map with information on the data and statistics related to accidents across the state. The Tennessee Department of Transportation provides the latest updates in traffic safety and road information for the state.
Tennessee Traffic Safety Resource Service provides information related to many aspects of traffic safety: child passenger safety, teen driver education, motorcycle safety, senior driver safety, hispanic outreach, commercial trucking safety, and more.
The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security offers a Motorcycle Rider and Education Program with two intensive courses to prepare riders for the challenges that the streets offer.
One person has been killed in a crash that happened around 3 a.m. Sunday.
The driver crashed while crossing an icy bridge on 3rd Avenue North in the Metro Center area.
The driver died at the scene.
A semi overturned during a crash on I-24 W near the Haywood Lane exit Saturday morning.
According to fire officials, a van cut the trucker off around 2 a.m. Officials say the trucker didn't have enough time to stop and flipped onto its side while trying to avoid the van.
A police officer was involved in a five-vehicle accident on Interstate 40 Westbound, just before Danny Thomas. Police say that no one involved was seriously injured.
This multi-car accident was reported around 9:45 a.m. on Monday.
With her 8-month-old daughter in the car, Nicole Berg allegedly used her SUV to plow into a car containing her ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend.
Berg, 25, has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault. She is being held on $50,000 bond.
