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Three injured in Grand Mound collision

Story Highlights:
Three injured in Grand Mound collision
Motor vehicle collision cause unknown
Road closed for over two hours



Date: July 29, 2011, 07/29/2011
Location: Grand Mound, Thurston County, Washington
Type: Car accident, Motor vehicle collision
Outcome: Three injured

Three people were injured in a motor vehicle collision near Grand Mound on Friday.

A young man was driving a Honda west on Highway 12 when he crossed the center line and crashed into another vehicle.

The driver of the Honda was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center with critical injuries. The two people he struck were taken to St. Peter's Hospital with serious injuries.

Highway 12 was blocked in both directions and did not open until at least two hours after the crash. The incident is still under investigation but there was no indication that drugs or alcohol were involved.

Washington State Car Accident Statistics

•     Speeding-related fatalities have been increasing over the past ten years. The number of speed-related deaths from 1997 to 2001 was 237.8, while the average from 2002 to 2006 was 244, a 2.6% increase.
•     In 2006, Washington experienced the second highest number of speed-related fatalities since 1997, with 253, second only to 2002’s number of 260.
•     The speed-related fatality rate per 100 million vehicle-miles-traveled has decreased slightly, from .47 in 1997 to .45 in 2006, a 4.3% decrease.
•     59.6% of all speed-related deaths occurred on rural roads- for vehicle-occupants alone the percentage was 62.3%. However, a larger majority of motorcyclist, bicyclist, and pedestrian deaths occurred on urban roads, with 57.5%.
•     On average, from 1997 to 2006, the speed-related fatality rate per vehicle-miles-traveled on rural roads was 2-4 times higher than the respective urban road rate.
•     Rural county roads experienced the largest percentage of speed-related deaths, with 30.7%, followed by rural highways, with 20%, and urban city streets, with 19.6%.
•     County roads have the highest speed-related fatality rate, with 1.04 deaths per 100 million vehicle-miles-traveled. This is almost six times higher than the interstate rate of .18, and almost three times higher than the city street rate of .36.

Seattle Car Accident Victim Attorneys
A motor vehicle accident is when a road vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, road debris, or man-made object. These collisions can result in personal injury, property damage, or death. Motor vehicle accidents can involve automobiles, trucks, semi or tractor trailer trucks, delivery vehicles, passenger vans, motorcycles, etc. If you or a family member has suffered as the result of a car accident in Washington state, Seattle motor vehicle accident attorney Chris Davis and the Davis Law Group, P.S. can help you. We are committed to helping car accident, trucking accident, DUI accident, and motorcycle accident victims recover the just and fair compensation they are entitled to receive under the law