California Highway Patrol officers responded to the northbound Interstate 5 to the eastbound Interstate 80 interchange after they were notified about a collision around 4:27 p.m. January 19.
Sacramento, CA – A driver died after his vehicle veered off a transition road and hit a tree Monday afternoon in Sacramento.
California Highway Patrol officers responded to the northbound Interstate 5 to the eastbound Interstate 80 interchange after they were notified about a collision around 4:27 p.m. January 19.
The officers found a car that had veered off the roadway and hit a tree.
The driver, a man in his 30s, was the only occupant in the vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
CHP is investigating the circumstances surrounding the collision.
In 2023, Sacramento reported 4,214 victims killed or injured in collisions, ranking 2nd among similar large California cities, indicating a very high number of serious crashes compared with peers. Alcohol-involved collisions numbered 454, the highest in its group, and speed-related fatal and injury collisions were 745, also ranking 1st. Pedestrian and bicyclist injuries were significant, with 297 pedestrians and 237 bicyclists killed or injured, both ranking in the top quarter of peer cities. Nighttime and hit-and-run collisions were also common, with 438 nighttime and 581 hit-and-run collisions, ranking 2nd and 3rd, respectively. Sacramento logged 880 DUI arrests in 2023. In 2022, the city similarly had high OTS figures with 4,008 killed or injured and top rankings for alcohol and other serious crash categories, underscoring ongoing traffic safety challenges.
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