[11-14-2022] Sonoma County, CA – Multi-Vehicle Collision Hospitalized Two People on Highway 121

The California Highway Patrol said two persons had to be airlifted from the site of a head-on collision in Sonoma County on Monday morning, November 14, 2022.

According to CHP Officer Jaret Paulson, the collision involving three vehicles occurred at 9:29 a.m. on state Highway 121 just north of state Highway 37.

A 55-year-old woman from San Francisco was traveling north on SR-121 on a 2016 Acura RDX when she collided head-on with a 38-year-old man from Benicia driving a Toyota Rav 4 southbound who attempted to pass another vehicle.

A 43-year-old woman from Alameda driving a 2016 Hyundai Sonata behind the Acura was also struck head-on by the Toyota after the first collision, while the Acura was pushed onto the east shoulder.

According to Paulson, the Toyota flipped over after it slammed into the Hyundai.

Major injuries were sustained by the drivers of the Toyota and Acura, who were transported by helicopter to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital and John Muir Medical Center.

Authorities conducted further investigation into the collision.

Multi-Vehicle Accident Statistics

The leading cause of death and serious injury in the United States is car accidents. Roughly 200,000 individuals every year are killed or severely injured in such accidents.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports an average of one car accident every 60 seconds in the United States (NHTSA). The number of people killed in car crashes in California in a single year topped 3,300.

What’s worse is that, in almost every case, accidents are preventable owing to human errors.

The National Safety Council estimates that automotive accidents cause one in ten deaths annually in the United States. About 2,765,000 people were injured and 3,898 people were killed in car accidents in California in 2019. Since 2013, there has been a 23.5% rise in the number of people wounded or killed in car accidents.

When three or more cars crash into each other, it’s called a multi-vehicle accident. Up to six cars may be trapped in the wreckage following an accident.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, almost 13,000 people were killed in multi-vehicle accidents in 2010.

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