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Two injured in Buckley car crash

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Two injured in Buckley car accident
Motor vehicle collision cause under investigation



Date: April 7, 2011, 04/07/2011
Location: Buckley, Pierce County, Washington
Type: Car accident, Motor vehicle collision
Outcome: Two injured

Early on Thursday morning, two people were injured in a one-car collision outside of Buckley.

Just after 12:45 a.m. on Thursday, while driving on Route 410 a vehicle carrying two people crashed into a guardrail near 244th Avenue Southeast.

The driver, a 21-year-old man, was taken to St. Elizabeth Hospital while his passenger, a 20-year-old female was transported to Harborview Medical Center. Their conditions are unknown.

The car was totaled and Washington State Patrol is still investigating the cause of the collision.

Buckley Fatal Accident Statistics
Fatal accident count: 9
Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 14
Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 4
Fatalities: 9
Persons involved in fatal accidents: 20
Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 2

National Car Accident Statistics
There were an estimated 6,420,000 car accidents in the US in 2005. There were about 2.9 million car accident injury cases and 42,636 car accident deaths. An average of 115 persons die each day in car accidents in the United States -- one every 13 minutes. According to the World Health Organization about 3000 people die in car accidents each day worldwide.

• More than one-quarter of Americans have been involved in a car accident in the last five years.
• About 26% of drivers have been involved in a car crash in the last five years.
• There were 17,419 alcohol-related fatalities in 2002.
• Deaths from rollover crashes totaled 82%.
• For the past five years, motorcycle fatalities have been steadily increasing.
• Deaths of motorcyclists aged 50 and over have climbed by 26%.
• Every 13 minutes, there is a death caused by a motor vehicle accident.
• Car accidents claim our very youngest and our very oldest populations.
• Americans from the ages of 1-33 are more likely to die from a car accident than from anything else.
• Elderly adults aged 75 and up are most affected by motor vehicle crashes.

Seattle Car Accident Attorneys
If you or a family member has suffered as the result of a car accident, Seattle car accident attorney Chris Davis and the Davis Law Group, P.S. can help you. We understand the devastation that can occur as a result of being in a serious auto accident. We are committed to helping car accident, trucking accident, and motorcycle accident victims recover the just and fair compensation they are entitled to receive under the law.