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Woman injured in one-car crash on Hwy 20

Story Highlights:
One injured in Coupeville accident
Motor vehicle collision cause unknown
Investigating whether speed or DUI were factors



Date: April 17, 2011, 04/17/2011
Location: Coupeville, Island County, Washington
Type: Motor vehicle collision, Car accident
Outcome: One injured

Early Sunday, woman was injured in a one-car collision on Highway 20 near Coupeville.

A 22-year-old woman from Oak Harbor suffered serious injuries when she failed to make a left turn off of Highway 20 and Zylstra Road around 4 a.m. The car rolled several times before ocming to a rest in a field.

She was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in serious condition.

Washington State Patrol is investigating whether speed or alcohol played a role in the accident.

NHSTA Car Accident Statistics for 2009

• In 2009, 33,808 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes in the United States – the lowest number of deaths since 1950 (33,186 fatalities in 1950). This was a 9.7-percent decline in the number of people killed, from 37,423 in 2008 to 33,808, according to NHTSA’s 2009 Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).
•  Motorcyclist fatalities broke the continuous 11-year increase with a large decline of 850 fatalities (24% of the total decline of 3,615). Motorcyclist fatalities now account for 13 percent of total fatalities.
• Passenger car occupant fatalities declined for the seventh consecutive year, and are at their lowest level since NHTSA began collecting fatality crash data in 1975.
•  Light-truck occupant fatalities dropped for the fourth consecutive year, and are at their lowest level since 1997.
• The largest percentage reduction of people killed was among large-truck occupants (26%) compared to any other vehicle category, followed by motorcyclists with a 16-percent reduction.
• In 2009, an estimated 2.22 million people were injured in motor vehicle traffic crashes, compared to 2.35 million in 2008.
• The estimated number of people injured in crashes is at its lowest point since NHTSA began estimating injury data in 1988. The number of people injured declined among all occupants and nonoccupants.
• The largest percentage reduction in people injured was among large-truck occupants (26%) compared to all other groups, followed by pedestrians (14%).

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.