[10-25-2022] San Bernardino County, CA – Two-Vehicle Collision Results in Two People Being Injured in Northern Fontana

According to the Fontana Police Department, two people were injured in a two-vehicle collision in northern Fontana on October 25, 2022.

According to Fontana Public Information Officer Daniel Romero, the crash transpired at about 10:15 a.m. South Highland Avenue, 16600 block, in front of Rotolo Chevrolet.

Romero reported that when police arrived, they found a 2022 Hyundai Optima traveling east on South Highland had collided with a 2004 Honda Accord that had been traveling north on Juniper Avenue and making a westbound turn onto South Highland.

After the collision, all traffic on Highland was stopped for a while.

Firefighters and medics from San Bernardino County responded to the scene and helped the two motorists who had been injured.

Firefighters used the “jaws of life” to free the Honda’s driver, who had become trapped inside his vehicle.

Each driver was injured to varying degrees, but both were taken by ambulance to local hospitals.

No conclusions have been drawn about what led to the crash yet.

Two-Vehicle Crash Statistics

Throughout the past few decades, the number of traffic accidents in America has risen dramatically. Accidents involving automobiles claim the lives of over one million people annually. There were 16,123 people hurt or killed in vehicle-related incidents just in San Bernardino County this year.

In the United States alone, about three thousand two hundred eighty-seven lives are lost in automobile accidents every day. Every year, between 20 and 50 million people experience serious injuries from their jobs or daily lives.

The city is constantly traversed by throngs of people every day, and they do so exclusively via bicycle and foot traffic. Constant vigilance behind the wheel is required due to the potentially catastrophic outcomes of vehicular collisions. California has a higher rate of traffic accidents than the rest of the country, and this is true both in terms of fatalities and serious injuries.

Just under ten percent of all auto accident fatalities in the United States occur in the Golden State of California. In 2017, 3,898 people died and 276,823 were injured in traffic accidents in California. U.S. traffic fatalities have risen by 23.5 percent since 2013.

Around nine people per 100,000 lived in California died in a car crash in 2018. Those traveling in automobiles with defective safety features account for the vast majority of fatalities and injuries.

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