[02-28-2023] San Bernardino County, CA – One Person Injured in Two-Vehicle Crash in Cajon Pass

One person was hospitalized after a two-vehicle rollover accident on Interstate 15 on Tuesday, February 28, 2023.

The California Highway Patrol and San Bernardino Fire Department received calls about a collision at around 1:24 p.m. on the northbound I-15 just before the Cleghorn Road exit.

The CHP traffic log listed the involved vehicle as a white GMC Yukon that had sustained significant front-end damage and had rolled onto its roof.

A white Honda HR-V with minor front-end damage was the second car. The two right lanes were blocked by both vehicles.

Both vehicles were upside down when rescue crews arrived. Rescue workers asked for one ambulance to be sent to the scene.

One person who had non-life-threatening injuries was transported. After roughly 30 minutes, all lanes were reopened.

At one point, traffic was backed up all the way to the Kenwood Ave exit.

The Inland Office of the California Highway Patrol will be looking into this incident.

Two-Vehicle Crash Statistics

According to reports, California saw a total of 3,847 traffic-related deaths in 2020. 2,260 deaths involved single-vehicle crashes (59% of all traffic deaths) and 1,587 deaths involved multiple vehicles (41% of all traffic deaths). 1,378 deaths were car occupants (36%), 674 were pickup and SUV occupants (18%), 25 were large truck occupants (1%), 539 were motorcyclists (14%), 986 were pedestrians (26%), and 129 were bicyclists (3%).

According to another report, deaths due to collisions between motor vehicles accounted for 41% of all motor vehicle-related deaths in 2020 in the United States. Although this is less than half of the total, this crash type accounted for 77% of injuries, 71% of injury crashes, and 72% of all incidents. Angle collisions caused the most fatalities and injuries, with roughly 8,000 in 2020.

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