[04-15-2023] Los Angeles County, CA – Two People Suffered Severe Injuries After Multi-Vehicle Crash in Pacific Palisades

Two people suffered severe injuries in a multi-vehicle crash in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, on Saturday, April 15, 2023.

According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, the crash happened just before 9:00 p.m. at 14800 Pacific Coast Highway.

Five vehicles and seven people were involved in the collision. This left two people in critical condition and two others with non-life-threatening injuries.

There was no immediate information on the condition of the other three collision victims.

The gender and age details of the victims have not yet been disclosed.

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What To Do After A Multi-Vehicle Accident

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• Relax and get some perspective.
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Multi-Vehicle Accident Statistics

Americans are injured, and thousands die in auto accidents every year. Additionally, two million individuals worldwide die in auto accidents yearly, while ten times as many suffer injuries.

According to the National Safety Council, traffic deaths increased by 8.3% in 2020. Before that rise, things had worsened for three years. In 2019, car accidents in the US killed 39,107 people. However, it increased to 42,338 by 2020.

Three thousand eight hundred forty-seven people died in California car crashes in 2020. Accidents involving several vehicles claimed 1,587 lives or 41% of all fatalities. In single-vehicle accidents, approximately 2,260 people (or 59%) died.

Seventy-seven percent of accidents involved at least two vehicles, as did seventy-one percent of all wrecks that resulted in injuries and seventy-two percent of all injuries. In 2020, angle crashes claimed the lives of or wounded 8,000 people.