Metropolitan Seattle is not a huge city with a population of just more than 650,000, but since there is not a well-established mass-transit system in Seattle, most of the residents are drivers. This, of course, means that the traffic congestion is extraordinary, ranked #5 nationally, and that the number of collisions is equally high. Combined with Seattle's famous rainy weather, car accidents are an hourly occurrence. Similarly, Tacoma has a high percentage of daily commuters. Tacoma, with a population of just over 200,000 and located just 30 miles south of Seattle, has similar traffic issues. The major roadways in Seattle include Interstate 5, Interstate 405, Interstate 90, State Route 520, and State Route 99. The major roadways in Tacoma include I-5, I-705, SR 7, SR 16, SR 163, SR 167, and SR 509. To get up-to-date traffic information, please go to the Washington State Department of Transportation site. To find our current weather conditions, go to Weather.com.
If you are looking for information on a specific crash that happened in Seattle or Tacoma, go to the appropriate link above.
Harborview Medical Center - Seattle;
Swedish Hospital - Seattle;
University of Washington Medical Center - Seattle;
Virginia Mason Medical Center - Seattle;
Multi Care Tacoma General Hospital;
St. Joseph Medical Center - Tacoma.
When a loved one is killed in a Seattle or Tacoma 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 Seattle and Tacoma grief support organizations: The Healing Center; Grief support at Providence Health Services; Bereavement support at Swedish Medical Center; Other Seattle support groups and counselors; Tacoma and Pierce County grief support resources.
After someone has been injured or killed in a motor-vehicle crash in Seattle or Tacoma, 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?
After a serious crash in Seattle or Tacoma, it is crucial to get help from a Seattle personal 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, a Seattle wrongful death lawyer will launch a claim that will begin the process of financial recovery for the family members left behind. Go here to learn more about how a good Seattle car accident attorney can help.
At about 3:00 pm, a man hijacked a woman's car, struck her with it, and fled the scene, which lead police to pursue the man.
In the evening, a group of firefighters in an aid car were returning from a call when they collided with another car in an intersection, causing three firefighters to be hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.The occupants of the other ve
Shortly after 3:00pm, a car driven by a 94-year-old man rear-ended a Ford sedan and then spun into a Chevrolet. The 94-year-old man was killed, and his 86-year-old wife was injured but is stable.
A woman was stopped on the side of northbound I-5 at milepost 102, because her car was apparently disabled. A semi traveling at about 58 mph left the road and rear-ended the vehicle, and the woman was killed in the crash.
Two people were seriously injured in three crashes involving six cars, three cars, and two cars on Interstate 5 just south of South 200th Street near Kent at around 4:30 a.m., blocking the HOV lane and backing up traffic for 7 miles.
A 21-year-old man was struck by a hit-and-run driver about 3 a.m.
The crash occurred on Purdy Drive at SR 302 just before 6:30 p.m. on Halloween. The 7 people injured in the crash were transported to three different hospitals in the area.
Law enforcement officers are investigating a multi-vehicle accident in Seattle's Rainier Valley on Rainier Avenue South before 5 p.m Friday, October 31. According to the Seattle Fire Department, six cars, including a police vehicle, were involved.
At about 12:40pm, two semi-trucks and a van collided on SR 18 near Raging River, critically injuring an 81-year-old man and spilling oil all over the roadway.
A truck crashed into a house in Federal Way on Monday, October 27. According to fire crews, the driver of the truck experienced medical issues before the accident when he went off the road and collided with the corner of a house's garage.
Early in the morning, a vehicle departed the road and collided with a power pole, killing four people including two men and two women, and injuring two men.
Olympia police state that rescue crews are searching for one person in the water after two, possibly three, boats overturned in the Puget Sound, about four miles north of Olympia.
A woman driving a pickup truck hit a school bus on Thursday afternoon in Purdy, injuring two of the 12 children onboard. The State Patrol believes she was impaired at the time, but test results have not yet been released.
A man died Wednesday morning in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood after being hit by a car at the intersection of Boren Avenue and Virginia Street. The man was not using a crosswalk at the time of the accident.
In the Northgate neighborhood of Seattle at about 9:50am, a woman was struck by a car and was left with critical, life-threatening head injuries.
