City: Steubenville, Ohio
County: Jefferson County, Ohio
Date of Accident: December 11, 2011
Type of Accident: One-Vehicle Accident/Truck Accident

Police reported that a 1999 Chevy S10 pickup was headed east on County Route 74 when the vehicle was allegedly driven off the left side of the roadway where it struck a tree. The injured woman was the driver.
    
In Ohio last year accidents which occurred on the roadside amounted to 27,047, of which 8,918 resulted in injuries. In 2010, Steubenville Ohio, had a population of 4,695; there were 20 injury crashes which resulted in 20 injuries. In Ohio last year, accidents which occurred and were not a collision of two vehicles in transport amounted to 23,253 which caused injuries. Accidents which occurred last year when it was dark not lighted amounted to 8,526 which caused injuries. Accidents which involved pickup trucks last year were 14,862 which caused injuries. Accidents which involved drivers being fatigued or fell asleep totaled 1,939 with 846 resulting in injuries. The accident involved a tree, in Ohio last year there were 1,483 accidents which involved a tree which resulted in injuries. Those accidents in which the vehicles ran off the road left were 1,378 for injury causing accidents.


If you've been seriously injured or have lost a loved one in Wells, Island Creek, Knox, Wayne or Steubenville please call the Jefferson County car, truck, motorcycle and pedestrian accident and wrongful death attorneys / lawyers at Chester Law Group at 1-800-218-4243 or visit our video website and order your FREE BOOK entitled "The Insider's Guide to Handling Ohio Accident Claims" at www.ChesterLaw.com.