[04-07-2023] San Diego County, CA – One Person Severely Injured in Kearny Mesa Multi-Vehicle Collision

One person was severely injured following a multi-vehicle collision in San Diego on Friday afternoon, April 7, 2023.

The California Highway Patrol reported that the crash occurred on southbound State Route 163 near Clairemont Mesa Boulevard in Kearny Mesa.

The responding officers arrived at the scene and located a gray Chevrolet Malibu, a Toyota Corolla, an electric vehicle, and a fourth vehicle with crash damage.

The number of people involved and evaluated by the paramedics at the site is currently unknown. At least one person was taken to the hospital with major injuries.

Police investigators are still investigating the circumstances that led to the crash that involved four vehicles.

It remains unclear whether speeding or alcohol played a role in the crash.

Multi-Vehicle Accident Statistics

Hundreds of youngsters are among the thousands of victims of avoidable automobile accidents each year in the United States. About two million individuals worldwide lose their lives in car accidents each year, and another ten million are injured.

According to the National Safety Council, the number of people killed in car accidents in the United States rose by 8.3 percent in 2020. The last three years have seen a gradual but consistent drop. In 2019, there were 39,107 people killed in motor vehicle accidents across the country. By the year 2020, there were 42,338.

In the year 2020, 3,847 people were killed on California’s streets. Multi-vehicle collisions accounted for nearly half of the fatalities (1,587 individuals, or 41%). 2,260 (or 59% of all road deaths) involved only one car.

Seventy-seven percent of collisions, seventy-one percent of accidents that caused injuries, and seventy-two percent of all accidents involved two or more vehicles. In 2020, angle crashes accounted for over 8,000 fatalities and injuries.

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