[10-18-2022] San Bernardino County, CA – One Person Killed, Another Injured in Wrong-Way Two-Vehicle Crash On Interstate-15 Near Stateline

According to the California Highway Patrol, one person was killed in a two-vehicle head-on wrong-way crash on Interstate 15 near Stateline Tuesday morning, October 18, 2022.

As per CHP, the crash transpired approximately at 7:45 a.m. on Interstate 15 between Bailey Road and Nipton Road.

The California Highway Patrol says that a white Toyota Camry sedan was going the wrong way on I-15 between Bailey Road and Nipton Road. It was going north in the southbound lanes. Then it hit a white pickup truck straight on and damaged another car.

When the San Bernardino County Fire Department got there, they asked for a medical helicopter to take one of the two people who were hurt to the hospital.

Even though firefighters and CHP officials tried to save the wrong-way driver’s life, the driver was pronounced dead at the scene.

The male driver of the pickup was taken to University Medical Center Las Vegas by Mercy Air #7. His condition is not known. No harm came to the other driver.

The California Highway Patrol office in Barstow is still looking into this accident.

Fatal Two-Vehicle Crash Statistics

Unfortunately, traffic collisions have increased dramatically over the past few decades in the United States. More than a million people are killed each year in traffic-related incidents. San Bernardino County alone saw 16,123 people injured or killed in car-related accidents this year.

Every day, approximately 3,287 people lose their lives in automobile accidents. Around 20–50 million people sustain life-altering injuries each year, either on the job or in everyday life.

Every day, countless people use only foot and bike traffic to traverse the city. Drivers’ attention is crucial because accidents can have life-altering consequences for everyone involved. In terms of both fatalities and serious injuries, California has a higher rate of traffic accidents than the rest of the country.

Roughly 10% of all American traffic deaths occur in California. In 2017, traffic accidents claimed 3,898 lives in California and injured 276,823. The number of people killed in traffic accidents in the United States has increased by 23.5% since 2013.

In 2018, California experienced about nine fatal car accidents per every one hundred thousand residents. Most people killed and injured in car accidents are riders in vehicles with malfunctioning safety equipment.

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