[04-01-2023] Humboldt County, CA – One Person Injured After Multi-Vehicle Collision in Eureka

At least one person sustained minor injuries following a multi-vehicle collision in Humboldt County on Saturday morning, April 01, 2023.

According to the local authorities, the three-vehicle collision occurred around 8:30 a.m. at the intersection of 5th Street and R Street in Eureka.

The circumstances that led to the collision remain unknown, but three vehicles were said to be involved. Flatbed tow trucks were needed to remove two of the cars from the area.

The number of people involved and the extent of possible injuries remain unclear, but at least one person sustained minor injuries.

Myrtle Avenue and Fifth Street are congested with traffic due to the crash. By 9:31 a.m., the road was cleared, and the traffic went back to normal.

No further information was immediately available as the investigation continued.

Multi-Vehicle Accident Statistics

In the United States, a disproportionate number of avoidable deaths and injuries occur in motor vehicle accidents. More than ten million individuals suffer injuries and over two million lose their lives as a result of automobile accidents each year all over the world.

The number of fatalities due to traffic accidents increased by 8.3 percent in 2020, as reported by the National Safety Council. This number had gone down each year for the previous three reports. In 2019, there were 39,107 fatalities attributed to automobile accidents in the United States. There were a total of 42,338 of them in 2020.

In 2020, 3,847 people lost their lives in automobile accidents in California. 1,587 people were killed in accidents involving two or three or more vehicles (41% of the total). 2,260 people (or 59% of the total) were killed in incidents involving a single vehicle.

Seventy-seven percent of injury accidents, seventy-one percent of incidents involving injuries, and seventy-two percent of all accidents included two or more vehicles. Around 8,000 people were hurt or killed in 2020 because of angle accidents.

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