Statistics on Redding DUI Accidents
Redding is one of only a few major cities in Northern California. Because of this, there are plenty of people that visit Redding from nearby towns, creating a significant amount of commuter traffic. Combined with local drivers and the city’s location on a highway, this can mean that Redding sometimes sees a significant amount of vehicle traffic and, consequently, car accidents. The third-most-common cause of injury crashes in Redding over the last ten years has been driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. For this reason, local drivers may want to read the following Data on Redding DUI Accidents.
Crashes in Redding
Research indicates that there were 5,029 vehicle accidents that caused injury within Redding city limits between 2008 and 2020. These accidents left 6,812 people with injuries and cost another 108 their lives. Additionally, motorcycle, pedestrian, and bicycle-involved collisions each accounted for around 7.5 percent of auto accidents overall.
The total 5,029 crashes included 597 accidents that involved an intoxicated driver. However, driving while impaired was only listed as the primary causal factor in 497 collisions.
Severity
Crashes in Redding that involved impaired drivers were much more likely to involve deadly or severe trauma. The average fatality rate for Redding accidents was just over two percent, while DUI collisions had a rate of around 6.2 percent. Likewise, crashes overall had a severe injury rate of around 5.1 percent and DUI collisions were at 10.22 percent. These statistics show that DUI crashes were more than three times as likely to cost someone their life.
Time Period
DUI accidents tended to happen at a different time than other collisions. While Redding crashes happened most frequently between noon and 6:00 p.m., collisions that involved DUI typically occurred between 6:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m. Likewise, Redding accidents tended to happen more often on weekdays, while DUIs happened more often on Friday and Saturday nights.
Liability
When an individual chooses to operate a vehicle while impaired by an intoxicating substance, they make a decision to put the lives of other people at risk. For this reason, intoxicated drivers are almost always considered an at-fault party when they are involved in auto accidents, meaning that injured individuals can hold DUI drivers financially responsible through injury claims.
A personal injury claim seeks to provide crash survivors with the resources they need to recover financially and personally after suffering a serious injury. Payments from personal injury claims can help people pay for the medical care that they need as well as compensate for income that they have lost and cover other losses like vehicle damage, personal suffering, and more.
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