[04-03-2023] Kern County, CA – One Person Injured After Two-Vehicle Collision in Ridgecrest

One person was injured following a collision between a truck and another vehicle in Ridgecrest on Monday afternoon, April 03, 2023.

According to the Ridgecrest Police Department, the crash occurred just before 12:30 p.m. at the West Ridgecrest Boulevard and South Mahan Street intersection.

The circumstances that led to the collision remain under investigation, but two unidentified vehicles were involved. The number of people involved is unclear, but one man reportedly sustained unspecified injuries.

The Ridgecrest Police, Liberty Ambulance, and Kern County firefighters all responded to the site of the crash.

No further information was immediately available as the investigation continued.

Two-Vehicle Accident Statistics

Preventable car accidents kill hundreds of Americans every year and harm many more. Every year, over two million people are killed and ten million are injured in motor vehicle accidents all over the world.

The National Safety Council reported an 8.3 percent increase in traffic fatalities in the year 2020. There has been a slow but steady decline over the past three years. There were 39,107 people killed in car crashes in the United States in 2019. In 2020, there were a total of 42,338 of them.

There were 3,847 fatal car accidents in California in 2020. Nearly half of the fatalities (1,587 people, or 41%) were caused by multi-vehicle incidents. Over half of all traffic deaths (2,260 or 59%) involved only one car.

Seventy-seven percent of accidents, seventy-one percent of wrecks leading to injuries, and seventy-two percent of crashes overall involved two or more vehicles. Over 8,000 people were hurt or killed in angle crashes in 2020.

What to Do After a Car Accident

Call the police right away if you’re involved in a car collision. Do not make any conclusions or assumptions; instead, tell the police and the insurance company exactly what happened. The insurer may consider the victim’s innocence and any later attempts at atonement as grounds to deny the claim. Therefore, you should not act in such a way.

The relevant authorities are obligated to provide you with full access to the report upon request. There is also a convenient online form here for you to use. With this information, we can start looking into your claim. We provide a no-cost initial consultation in which we focus solely on you and your case.

Car Accident Lawyers in Kern County

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