INTERSTATE 65 NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS EXAMINED AFTER SEMI TRUCK CRASH WITH INJURIES
A stretch of United States Interstate 65 north of Indianapolis is often the site of Vehicle Accidents. Indiana Semi Truck Accident Lawyers are familiar with last Friday's truck crash. That's when Indiana State Police say on I-65, a UPS Semi Truck was struck in the rear by another vehicle. That Truck Collision caused the UPS tractor trailer to hit a Fedex Semi Truck. Two drivers were hurt in this Vehicle Accident.
Last week's Truck Crash prompted Indiana State Police to take a look at the 40 miles of United States Interstate 65 between Lafayette and Indianapolis. Last week's auto collision was the second crash in the past few months that involved several vehicles and caused the highway to shutdown. The Indiana Car Accident Lawyers at Kooi Law learned both were attributed to a driver not paying attention. Indiana State Police looked at data and found more than 100 auto crashes happened on that section of the highway this year. In those collisions, at least 16 people were hurt and one was killed.
However, Indiana State Police say despite the seemingly high number of vehicle crashes, this part of I-65 is not more dangerous than any other section of the highway. When examined in its entirety, 6 people were killed and more than 250 were hurt in more than 1,100 Vehicle Collisions on I-65. In 2010, 15 people were killed and more then 400 suffered injuries on I-65. In the section of the highway between Lafayette and Indianapolis, two people died and more than 30 were hurt last year in vehicle accidents.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration took a closer look at fatal vehicle collisions and where they occur. In its recent report, the NHTSA found in Indiana in 2009, 270 multi vehicle deadly accidents happened on roadways while only six happened off roadways. Conversely, single vehicle fatal accidents occurred more often off roadways. In Indiana in 2009, 263 single vehicle deadly crashes happened off roadways while 80 happened on roadways.
Nationally, the trend was the same in 2009. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found many more fatal multi vehicle accidents happened on roadways than off roadways. As for deadly single vehicle crashes, almost twice as many occurred off roadways than on roadways in 2009.
