![]() Those who survive traffic accidents can face hefty medical bills, thousands of dollars in lost wages and property damage, pain and suffering, and lost quality of life. However, people are still suffering serious injuries in hundreds of car accidents each year. How Seattle Accidents Affect VictimsĪll around, the future looks bright for drivers and pedestrians in Seattle. City leaders are proud of Seattle for decreasing the numbers of accidents, and will continue to work hard to protect drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians. This follows an 11-year trend in Seattle in which the city cut annual serious traffic injuries by 42%, from 222 to 130. The number of serious injuries fell 23%, to 130 injuries. Surprisingly, Seattle’s rates of serious injuries still decreased from 2014 to 2015 despite the Aurora Bridge tragedy. ![]() This incident brought Seattle’s traffic deaths to 20 in 2015, up from 17 deaths the previous year. Improper vehicle maintenance led to a mechanical failure that caused the amphibious passenger vehicle to crash into a bus full of North Seattle College students. In 2015, Seattle saw the horrifying Ride the Ducks vehicle crash on Aurora Bridge – an accident that killed five people and injured 69 others. The report noted that the city of Seattle would have been on trend to fulfill its Vision Zero goal in 2015 had it not been for a single crash that accounted for 25% of all traffic deaths in Seattle. A summary of the report found good and bad news on the numbers for the previous year, 2015 – the number of serious injuries in Seattle had decreased, but the number of traffic deaths had increased. In the beginning of 2016, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) issued their annual traffic collision report. Suspected Serious Injury collisions: 190ĭeaths Are Up, but Serious Injuries Are Down. ![]() Possible/suspected injury collisions: 21,755Ģ019 Seattle Car Accident Statistics & Reports:Īccording to data from the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT).Suspected serious injury collisions: 1,938.2019 Washington State Car Accident Statistics & ReportsĪccording to 2019 data from the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT): Here are a few facts about traffic accidents in the Emerald City. Although the city is taking steps to make the roadways safer for citizens, vehicle collisions are still a serious danger. Seattle recorded the highest number of car accidents in the state that year, at 14,508 (in second place was Tacoma with just 4,756). In 2015, a crash occurred in Washington every 4.5 minutes. With such bustling streets, it’s no surprise that Seattle sees car accidents every day. Seattle residents get around by car, trolley, streetcar, public bus, bicycle, on foot, and by rail. As of the latest census, there were 713,700 people living in Seattle. The seaport city of Seattle is the largest city in the state of Washington, as well as the largest in the Pacific Northwest. Posted in Car Accidents, Pedestrian Safety, Personal Injury on February 15, 2018
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