[10-27-2022] Kern County, CA – Two-Vehicle Head-On Collision Results in One Major Injury on Lerdo Highway in Bakersfield

According to the California Highway Patrol, at least one person was severely injured in a two-vehicle head-on collision on Lerdo Highway in Bakersfield Thursday morning, October 27, 2022.

The collision transpired at 6:51 a.m. on Lerdo Highway just east of Highway 99.

When emergency crews cleared the area, both the eastbound and westbound lanes were temporarily closed.

One individual has sustained major injuries.

The investigators are still trying to determine what caused the crash.

Two-Vehicle Collision Statistics

The number of people killed in traffic accidents in the United States has reached crisis proportions in recent years. More than a million people lose their lives in automobile accidents annually. Approximately 3,287 people per day lose their lives in vehicular accidents.

Each year, 20 and 50 million people worldwide sustain injuries or disabilities that will never fully heal due to an accident.

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Compared to the rest of the United States, California has an abnormally high traffic-related fatalities and injuries rate.

As a state, California is responsible for about 10% of all American deaths that occur in automobile accidents. There were 3,898 fatalities and 276,823 injuries attributed to motor vehicle accidents in 2017. The number of people killed in traffic accidents in the United States has increased by 23.5% since 2013.

Vehicle accidents claimed the lives of nine out of every one hundred thousand Californians in 2018. A car is involved in almost every fatal accident in California.

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