Solano Sees Increase in Speeding Vehicles
Local California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers are asking drivers to slow down after officers have stopped and cited several speeding drivers on area roads, a trend that has reportedly been increasing as shelter-in-place orders are in effect and reducing traffic. CHP Spokesperson David deRutte told reporters that calls to area departments have dropped by around 34 percent, but that officers are seeing no shortage of vehicles traveling at dangerous speeds.
CHP Officer John Franzen, a spokesperson for the entire CHP Golden Gate Division, reported that the trend of speeding drivers has been documented across their entire region, which reaches from San Jose through Solano and to the northern border of Sonoma County. Officers in Solano specifically have reported seeing a surge of drivers going speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour.
A Dangerous Problem
Franzen indicated that the increase of speeding vehicles is a serious problem, adding that those caught driving at speeds over 100 miles per hour are subject to a temporary license suspension as well as heavy fines. Franzen also noted that driving at high speeds “is a recipe for disaster,” explaining that vehicles are not “designed for a 100 mile-per-hour impact.”
Speeding in Solano
According to information gathered by UC Berkeley research groups, there were 21,919 injury-causing car crashes in Solano between 2008 and 2019. According to police reports, speeding was the number one thing listed as the primary causal factor in these accidents, causing a total of 7,429 crashes and accounting for 34.27 percent of traumatic Solano collisions. This means that speeding caused nearly twice as many accidents as the next-most-common factor, improper turning.
The 7,429 collisions caused by speeding drivers across the county resulted in 11,146 injuries and left 81 people with deadly trauma. Additionally, these accidents involved 97 pedestrian collisions, 65 bicycle/auto crashes, and 492 motorcycle wrecks.
Accident Types and Times
Speeding accidents in Solano County were most often rear-end crashes. These accounted for 76.73 of speeding collisions overall, with the next-most-common crash type being hit-object collisions, which made up 9.13 percent.
Speeding collisions were more most likely to take place between 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. and were more common on Fridays and Saturdays. Very few of these crashes happened between midnight and 6:00 a.m.
Calling an Attorney
Car accident survivors often suffer injuries that seriously affect their lives. In many cases, injured parties face a difficult road to recovery and worry about how they will be able to pay for their medical expenses, especially if their injury has affected their ability to work. To make sure that you are able to regain your health, it’s important to contact a local Fairfield personal injury lawyer to talk about your options for claiming compensation. Because most attorneys will offer you a free phone consultation, there is nothing to lose by reaching out for the help you deserve.
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