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A traffic collision was
reported every 59 seconds
(1 min., 5 secs. in 1999).
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One person was killed
every two hours and two minutes as a result of a traffic collision
(2 hrs. and 28 mins. in 1999).
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One person was injured
every two minutes as a result of a traffic collision (1
min. and 49 secs. in 1999).
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Speed was indicated as
the Primary Collision Factor in 29.1% of the fatal and injury collisions.
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Beginning in 1999,
motorcyclist victims began to increase over the all time low experienced in
1998. Motorcyclists killed in 2005 increased 102.0% from 1998 and those
injured increased 47.7% over that same year.
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Alcohol involved fatal
collisions have increased 18.4% and alcohol involved persons killed have also
increased 20.3% within the last five years.
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Of the licensed drivers
in California, 22.4% were under 30 years of age; however, drivers under 30
years of age comprise 37.5% of all drivers in fatal and injury collisions.
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Hit-and-run was
indicated in 10.0% of the fatal and injury collisions.
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California has not had a day without a traffic fatality since September 12,
2000
