Wrong-way drivers kill an average of 500 people a year across the country, and just this past weekend there were four wrong-way driver crashes in the Bay Area that killed four people.
Here's what California Highway Patrol says is behind most deadly wrong-way driver crashes in the state.Wrong-way drivers kill an average of 500 people a year across the country, and just this past weekend there werein the Bay Area that killed four people. Although relatively rare, wrong-way crashes have been on the rise in California over the past decade.
"Statistically, wrong-way driver crashes are extremely low. They account for less than one half of 1% of crashes in the state of California," Officer Andrew Barclay of CHP's Golden Gate Division told ABC7 News. "However, with that being said, very often they are some of the most violent crashes that we see due to the fact that it's two vehicles colliding from an opposite direction, very often head on.
The crash in Marin County was one of four wrong-way driver crashes over the weekend. CHP said alcohol is believed to be a factor in three of them, including the one in Marin. He said wrong-way drivers who are under the influence often drive in the fast lane thinking they're in the slow lane on the opposite side."Most of the time, when someone gets on the freeway and they are impaired, they want to draw as little attention to themselves as possible and in their mind the best way to do that is to be in the slow lane going the speed limit," Barclay said.
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