Anthem Personal Injury Lawyers

I opened our Anthem office in November 2026, in the Tramonto office park on North Valley Parkway, right off I-17 at Carefree Highway. The reason is the same one that put us in Maricopa: the data. When I mapped every fatal large-truck crash on I-17 from Phoenix to Flagstaff, the deadliest miles weren't the mountain grades. They were the 29 miles that start at Carefree Highway and run past Anthem and Black Canyon City.

That office serves Anthem, New River, Desert Hills, Tramonto, and the rest of the north Valley. If you live up here, you shouldn't have to drive into central Phoenix to talk to a lawyer about a crash that happened on your own commute.

I-17 Past Anthem: The Data

From 2015 to 2024, 40 fatal crashes involving a large truck on the I-17 mainline killed 45 people. The stretch from Carefree Highway past Anthem and Black Canyon City to the Sunset Point rest area is about a fifth of the route. It carried 13 of those crashes and 16 of the deaths.

Measured against truck traffic, that stretch ran about 2.25 deaths per 100 million truck miles. The Phoenix metro section ran about 0.55. That's roughly four times the rate, on the miles closest to Anthem.

Source: NHTSA FARS 2015 to 2024, ADOT HPMS 2024 truck AADT. Rates are estimates. Computed by AZ Law Now.

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Most of the people who died weren't in the truck. Of the 45 killed, 37 were drivers, passengers, or pedestrians outside it. ADOT's own crash records add the people who survived: 1,198 truck crashes on I-17 that injured someone over the same ten years, hurting 1,790 people. The 29 miles past Anthem and Black Canyon City recorded the most serious injuries per truck mile on the whole route.

Where the Road Narrowed at Anthem Way

Three of the fatal rear-end truck crashes on that stretch happened at the same spot, milepost 228.7, just south of the Anthem Way exit. That's where I-17 dropped from three lanes in each direction to two. All three happened in daylight, in 2017, 2022, and 2023, and together they killed four people.

ADOT opened a third lane each way between Anthem Way and Black Canyon City in May 2025, and flex lanes on the climb north of Black Canyon City later that year. Every crash in our analysis happened before those lanes opened. Federal fatal-crash data for 2025 isn't published yet, so nobody can say from the records whether the new lanes are working. The full method and the crash map are in the I-17 truck crash investigation.

Who Investigates a Crash Up Here

It depends on where the crash happened. Arizona DPS handles crashes on I-17. The Tramonto area and the office park around us sit inside Phoenix city limits, so a surface-street crash there is usually a Phoenix police report. Anthem, New River, and Desert Hills are unincorporated Maricopa County, where the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office generally responds. Knowing which agency wrote the report is the first step to getting it.

The county line matters too. Everything from Carefree Highway to Anthem and New River is Maricopa County. Black Canyon City and the climb north of it are in Yavapai County. A crash on the far side of that line can change which court a case is filed in.

Anthem Cases by Crash Type

• Truck crashes: I-17 freight traffic, FMCSA carrier records, driver logs, and black-box data that can be lost if nobody asks for it early.
• Car crashes: I-17, Carefree Highway, Anthem Way, Daisy Mountain Drive, and the commute into Phoenix.
• Motorcycle crashes: the north Valley and the riding roads toward New River and Lake Pleasant.
• Rideshare crashes: Uber and Lyft insurance coverage and how it applies.
• Wrongful death: who can file, the two-year deadline, and no cap on damages in Arizona.
• Slip and fall: proving the property owner knew, and the 180-day deadline when public property is involved.
• Dog bites: Arizona's strict liability rule under ARS 11-1025 and its one-year deadline.

We Handle Anthem Cases

Our Anthem office is at 34975 N North Valley Pkwy, Ste 152-P, Phoenix, AZ 85086, alongside our Buckeye headquarters and our offices in Maricopa and central Phoenix. Meetings at the office are by appointment. Our team can also meet you by phone or video, or come to you.

A crash on I-17 rarely involves only the people in the vehicles. Families feel it too. Call (480) 382-2978 or use our contact form. We don't charge unless we recover money for you.