[01-06-2023] Los Angeles County, CA – One Person Killed after being Thrown from his Car and Struck by Another

Authorities said one person was killed after being thrown from his car and struck by another in West Los Angeles on Friday morning, January 06, 2023.

According to the California Highway Patrol, the fatal crash occurred around 2:11 along the southbound lanes of 405 Freeway on the Santa Monica Boulevard off-ramp.

The victim, described only as a man in his 20s whose identity was withheld by the Los Angeles County coroner’s office until the next of kin is notified, was found lying on the road by the responders.

The man was reportedly hit by at least one car after crashing into the center divider and getting ejected from his own vehicle. The cause of the collision remains unclear.

No further information was provided on the total number of vehicles and drivers involved, including the extent of possible injuries.

While the CHP investigated the collision, all southbound lanes of the highway were blocked for several hours.

Fatal Car Accident Statistics

The National Safety Council expected a rise in traffic fatalities in 2020 due to reasons such as drivers and passengers failing to use safety equipment like seatbelts, exceeding established speed limits, and getting behind the wheel while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

After three years of declining death rates, the 8.3% spike in traffic-related fatalities is very troubling. The number of lives lost due to car crashes in 2020 was 42,338, up from 39,107 the year before.

From 33 fatalities in 1913, projections indicated the number would reduce to 1.53 in 2020. Roughly 4,200 people were killed because of the approximately 1.3 million automobiles in use in 1913. There were 276,000,000 cars on the road in 2020, which resulted in 42,338 deaths.

There were fewer people, cars, and kilometers traveled in 2020 than in 2010, despite the fact that the population increased by 0.4%. As a result, the number of cars on the road increased by 8.5%, the number of deaths per 100,000,000 miles increased by 79%, and the rate of deaths increased by 21.7%.

Around 4.81 million people in 2020 needed immediate medical attention from injuries incurred in car accidents. It was estimated that $473.2 billion would be spent on healthcare due to automobile accidents.

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