[02-22-2023] San Bernardino County, CA – One Person Injured in Two-Vehicle Rollover Crash in Hesperia

One person was transported to the hospital following a collision involving an SUV that overturned on the 15 freeway in Hesperia on Wednesday, February 22, 2023.

The crash occurred around 3:30 p.m. between Ranchero Road and the Highway 395 offramp.

A white 2015 Scion TC and a black 2020 Dodge Journey were involved in the collision.

According to the California Highway Patrol incident logs, the white car hit the center divider and stopped along the shoulder.

The SUV flipped over and came to rest on top of some barbed wire fencing that was also present along the shoulder.

The SUV’s male driver was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital as a precaution after suffering minor injuries.

The CHP Victorville station is still investigating the crash.

Two-Vehicle Crash Statistics

In 2020, reports say California saw a total of 3,847 traffic-related deaths. 2,260 deaths involved single-vehicle crashes (59% of all traffic deaths) and 1,587 deaths involved multiple vehicles (41% of all traffic deaths). 1,378 deaths were car occupants (36%), 674 were pickup and SUV occupants (18%), 25 were large truck occupants (1%), 539 were motorcyclists (14%), 986 were pedestrians (26%), and 129 were bicyclists (3%).

According to another report, deaths due to collisions between motor vehicles accounted for 41% of all motor vehicle-related deaths in 2020 in the United States. Although this is less than half of the total, this crash type accounted for 77% of injuries, 71% of injury crashes, and 72% of all incidents. Angle collisions caused the most fatalities and injuries, with roughly 8,000 in 2020.

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