Palmdale car accident lawyers won't dispute the fact that car crashes in Palmdale with its nearly 148,000 population are below the national norm. But most will agree that stepped-up traffic enforcement could make city streets safer.

Palmdale Car Accident Statistics Are More Than Just Numbers

A rearward view at Palmdale statistics from 2001 to 2003 showed that the city experienced 42 fatal motor vehicle accidents--or about 3.6 fatal crashes per 10,000 population--slightly lower than the national average.

Three years later, in 2006, the California Highway Patrol's Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS) reported that 10 people had been killed and 756 people were injured in car crashes. Car collisions injured 29 pedestrians, 27 bicyclists and 38 motorcyclists. Palmdale car collision lawyers urge the city to do what it can to lower these statistics.

Palmdale Car Crash Injures Busload of Children

Also in 2006, a 90-year-old motorist driving a Lincoln Continental seemingly ignored a red light and struck a school bus filled with learning-disabled students. The force of the car crash was powerful enough to knock the bus over. The car collision injured 11 children, and one child suffered critical injuries. The children ranged in age from 8 to 14 and included a 13-year-old who was pinned in the wreckage. The bus driver and a special education assistant suffered only minor injuries. The 90-year-old driver was taken to a hospital. Palmdale car crash lawyers advise all elderly persons 90 and over to ask their doctors if they can safely drive a car.

Although the 90-year-old woman was not under the influence of alcohol, other Palmdale car crashes did involve impaired drivers. Sadly, DUI car collisions were responsible for four fatalities and 66 injuries in 2006.

DUI Checkpoints Help Prevent Palmdale Car Collisions

Fortunately, to keep DUI car collisions from escalating, Palmdale had begun conducting DUI checkpoints years earlier. In 2003, CHP officers conducted a major, six-hour sobriety checkpoint on Sierra Highway near Avenue Q. The checkpoint lasted from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. and resulted in two DUI arrests and two cars being towed. CHP officials even brought out specialists in impaired driving identification for this event. In 2008, Palmdale took part in Los Angeles' Avoid the 100 DUI Campaign, which consisted of four DUI checkpoints and 60 saturation patrols.

Palmdale car accident attorneys have for years acknowledged that DUI checkpoints add an extra margin of safety to city streets.

Be on the Hit-and-Run Lookout

BISNAR | CHASE, in conjunction with WeTip, a leading anonymous crime reporting service and law enforcement advocacy non-profit organization, is launching a program intended to wipe out hit-and-runs in the state of California by offering rewards for tips leading to the arrest and felony conviction of hit-and-run drivers. See Hit-and-Run Reward for more details.

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