[12-19-2022] San Bernardino County, CA – 60-Year-Old Male Pedestrian Killed in a Car Crash

A 60-year-old male pedestrian was killed after getting struck by a car in San Bernardino on Monday evening, December 19, 2022.

According to the San Bernardino Police Department, officers responded to the deadly crash that occurred shortly before 7:45 p.m. in the city of San Bernardino.

The victim, identified by the San Bernardino County Sheriff Coroner’s Division as Mark A., a transient, was declared dead on the spot by the paramedics.

There is no further information on the cause of the crash and the car driver.

The investigation by the San Bernardino police continues, including whether alcohol or drug is a factor.

Fatal Pedestrian Accident Statistics

According to data compiled by the Governors Highway Safety Association, the number of lives lost in traffic accidents decreased by 14% between 2007 and 2016. Pedestrian fatalities also rose by 27% in the same time frame.

This means that pedestrian injuries and fatalities caused by automobiles in the United States are expected to rise in the years to come.

Eight hundred and nine people lost their lives and 14,000 were injured in California car accidents in 2012. The number of pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries in California is shockingly high when compared to the other 49 states.

In 2016, 5,907 people died in car accidents in the United States. Late in the year, it was reported that 88 people died every minute. In 2013, ambulances transported over 137,000 injured Americans to hospitals.

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