Roadside Tribute is a place where families and friends can memorialize their loved ones lost in traffic accidents. It does this by providing a place to share a picture and story of their roadside tribute site they built along the roadway. The site was created by Jim Hill, a man who is a mechanical engineer that began working in automotive design in 1985 at the Ford Motor Company. After witnessing many test crashes he developed a passion for reducing automobile accidents.  

Benefits of registering your roadside tribute site on Roadside Tribute:

  • Roadside Tribute provides a means to preserve roadside tributes. Physical tribute sites require maintenance otherwise they degrade over time. Also, some states have laws restricting their creation and will remove them.
  • Roadside Tribute provides an easy means to share the roadside tributes online.
  • Provides a way to visit a roadside tribute site virtually online, anytime, without having to physically visit the site. Often times the roadside tribute sites are located in dangerous areas along highways and busy intersections, making it hard to safely visit them.

Roadside tribute is a site to remember. We are with you wherever the road takes you.

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      Jeremy Ryan Pinkerton

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      Names of people who died: Jeremy Ryan Pinkerton
      My Email Address: petersonmikkel@gmail.com
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      Crossroads of Kartcher & Indiana in Caldwell ID Lost life due to car accident 12/30/21 Placed adjacent to road & near a road sign reading “Deer Flat Refuge Visitor Center” Erected on 1/9/22 Read more...
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      Betty Kirts

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      Date of the Accident: 10/06/1983
      Names of people who died: Betty Kirts
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      I saw this roadside tribute on Michigan highway M103 just north of the Michigan / Indiana border. According to a news article I found online that she was from nearby Bristol, Indiana and was 45 years old. The Google Maps Street View image did not show the tribute site clearly as of the 2013 date when that image was taken. Read more...
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      RIP Tony & Jared

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      Date of the Accident: 02/09/2002
      Names of people who died: Anthoney Juan Bermudez , Jared H
      My Email Address: heirikag@gmail.com
      On February 9th 2002 at around 10:30 pm a city bus collided with a vehicle killing 12 year old Anthoney (Tony) Bermudez & 16 year old Jared Hienzelmen . The city bus was deemed at fault as it ran a red light that was witnessed by an adjacent taxi cab driver near by . These two will forever be missed Read more...
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      Paul “ Harley” Batts

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      Tribute Site Owner or Associate?: Yes
      Names of people who died: Paul Batts
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      This nice tribute site was made for Paul Batts on M43 West of Bangor. Michigan. It is on the south side of the road. Born September 6 1952 and passed May 14, 2002. Paul was 42 years old . He was driving an Apple truck early in the morning on May 14, a woman fell asleep at the wheel and Read more...
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      Melia Byrer on US6 West of Bremen, Indiana

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      Date of the Accident: 02/17/2021
      Names of people who died: Melia Byrer
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      Melia Byrer died as a result of a crash on Highway US6 west of Bremen, Indiana on February 17, 2021. She was 33 years old. Her car was hit from behind and then she was pushed into oncoming traffic.  The picture I took of the tributes site is courtesy of Google Maps as of June 6, 2025. The news article Read more...