Planation is located in central Broward County and has more than 87,000 residents.
Plantation is home to DHL’s World Headquarters, American Express, Motorola, Kaplan University, and the West Field Broward Mall. Plantation also has been used as a filming location for popular films like There’s Something about Mary and Caddyshack.
Plantation borders Sunrise to the North, Davie to the South, Fort Lauderdale to the East and the Florida Everglades to the West. Major thoroughfares include U.S. 441(State Road 7), I-595, and Florida’s Turnpike. Local roadways include Broward Boulevard, Flamingo Road, Hiatus Road, Pine Island Road, and University Drive (State Road 817).
In 2015, Florida’s Integrated Report Exchange System (FIRES) reported that Plantation had 5 fatalities and 1,086 injuries involving 1,394 vehicle crashes. FIRES shows that for the first three months of 2016, there have been 279 car crashes with 258 injuries and two fatalities. There have been 24 commercial vehicle crashes and 137 property damage crashes.
Plantation has experienced serious injuries and deadly auto accidents involving, head-on collisions, collisions at intersections, red light runners, drowsy driving, crashes into a canal, crashes into trees, hitting a motorcycle driver, crashing into a business, crashes with semi-truck and pulled underneath the truck, distracted drivers, impaired drivers, and hit-and-run drivers.
If you or a loved one was seriously injured or killed in a Planation, Florida car accident, contact Trial Attorney Tami Wolfe online or call her at (954) 791-0477 for a FREE consultation.