Man Killed in Glendale Crash
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) revealed that each year an estimated 2.6 million passengers are injured due to traffic accidents. In Arizona alone, 1,008 vehicles have been involved in fatal car crashes this year. The NHTSA has found that passenger cars such as sedans and light trucks have the highest number of fatal crashes.
In 2009 The NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System conducted a study of the most common types of vehicles involved in accidents. They found that in Arizona, 5 percent of compact pick-up trucks and 12.3 percent of standard pick-up trucks were involved in fatal crashes. However, four door sedans have the highest recorded rate of accidents among motor vehicles.
Early Thursday morning, a sedan slammed into a pick-up and then hit a parked semi truck in Glendale (AZ Central 3/3/11). The driver of the Ford Crown Victoria sedan died on impact. He was headed west near 127th Avenue on Glendale Avenue around 2 a.m. when he crashed his car into a Dodge pick-up truck and then into the parked semi truck. Although the driver of the Crown Victoria did not survive the crash, the passenger in the vehicle suffered non-life threatening injuries. Meanwhile, the occupants of the Dodge pickup truck did not suffer any traumatic injuries.
It is important when driving to always remember to wear a seat belt, which is often times the most effective way of preventing serious injuries. Seat belts save close to 2,000 lives per year according to The National Safety Council. Almost all states require the use of seatbelts under the “Click-it-or-Ticket” campaign however only 88 percent of people reported using them. If you are amongst the 12 percent that does not wear a seat belt, we hope you decide that now is the time to start.
If you or a loved one has been a victim of a motor vehicle accident please call (480) 753-4534. As Arizona accident attorneys we are committed to helping victims obtain justice and rightful compensation.
