Auto Accidents Increasing in Our Region

There are always a significant amount of traffic on the roads and highways of the Tri-Cities region of Northeast Tennessee.

Being a safe and defensive driver is a good way to protect yourself from being involved in a crash, but if you spend enough time driving, you will eventually be involved in a car wreck. However, to date in 2021, the car and truck accident lawyers at Robert Bates & Associates have noticed a significant increase in accidents in our area.

Increasing Accidents

The state of Tennessee releases up to date crash data almost every day.

In comparing the years of 2019, 2020, and up to the present date in 2021, there is an obvious trend of increased car and truck accidents. Here are the yearly numbers for the entire state:

● In 2019, there were 100,477 crashes

● In 2020, there were 81,176 crashes, a decrease of 19.21% from the previous year

● So far in 2021, there have been 90,757 crashes, an increase of 11.80% from the previous year

It is understandable that the number of automobile accidents in 2020 was down almost 20% given the pandemic restrictions and the fact that for much of the year no one went anywhere. However, the numbers do not look good for this year at all. So far in 2021, we are only halfway through the year and we are quickly approaching the total number of crashes that occurred in 2019. We do not know yet why there is a significant increase in automobile accidents so far this year. It could be the lifting of the pandemic restrictions and people travelling again in greater numbers, but the data released by the state has not demonstrated a reasoning for the spike in crashes so far this year.

Kingsport, Johnson City and Bristol Crash Data

In looking at our specific region, the crash data for the counties that make up the Tri-Cities area does not look good so far for 2021. There has been a significant number of car, truck, and pedestrian accidents in each of the counties over the last 6 months.

● Sullivan County: 6,447 crashes

● Washington County: 6,542 crashes

● Carter County: 2,095

● Hawkins County: 1,642

All told, so far this year as of the writing of this post, there have been 16,726 car, truck, and pedestrian accidents in and around Kingsport, Johnson City, and Bristol, Tennessee.

Robert Bates is a local trial lawyer with proven results.

Located near Meadowview in Kingsport, he fights for folks who have been injured due to slip and fall accidents, medical malpractice, car accidents, truck accidents, and motorcycle accidents.

I focus 100% of my practice on personal injury.

I have handled hundreds of car wreck cases over the last decade.

I have won cases involving car accidents, truck wrecks, motorcycle wrecks, slip and falls, and medical malpractice throughout East Tennessee including Kingsport, Johnson City, Bristol, Erwin, Elizabethton, Unicoi, Mountain City, Rogersville, Blountville, Morristown, Washburn, Pigeon Forge, Knoxville and everywhere in between.

Robert BatesRobert is a Kingsport trial lawyer who handles car, truck and motorcycle wreck cases across the Tri-Cities. Every client gets his cell number.