[02-09-2023] San Diego County, CA – Elderly Woman Killed in National City Two-Vehicle Collision

A 93-year-old woman was killed following a two-vehicle collision in National City on Thursday morning, February 09, 2023.

According to the National City Police Department, the fatal crash occurred at 11:36 a.m. at 110 National City Boulevard and East 1st Street intersection.

The elderly woman, identified as local resident Elisa M., was a riding a transport van as a passenger traveling north on the boulevard. The van collided with a Nissan sedan in the intersection, and the impact sent it to hit a light standard.

The police and fire personnel arrived to the area and extricated the victim from the vehicle. Life support procedures were provided, but the woman was declared dead by 11:55 a.m. due to blunt force injuries.

The victim’s next of kin has been notified. What exactly led to the collision remains under investigation by the National City Police.

Fatal Two-Vehicle Accident Statistics

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There were 3,847 fatalities in California car accidents in 2020. The majority of fatalities (59%) were the result of single-vehicle occurrences (2,260), while the remainder (41%) were caused by collisions involving two or more vehicles (1,587).

Injuries accounted for 77% of the total, and 71% of wreck injuries occurred in multi-vehicle collisions (two or more vehicles), even though these incidents only made less than half of the total. Since 2000, at least 8,000 people have been killed and over a million injured in accidents involving two or more vehicles in angle collisions.

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