City: York, Ohio
County: Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Date of Accident: December 24, 2011
Type of Accident: One-Vehicle Accident

A motor vehicle accident occurred on Interstate Route 77 in York, Tuscarawas, Ohio on December 24, 2011 which resulted in injuries for a 16 year old girl. The police say that a 2000 Chevy Cavalier driven by the girl was headed south on Interstate Route 77 in the right lane. The driver allegedly lost control of the vehicle and it went off the left side of the roadway and into the median. The vehicle then crossed the median and struck a guardrail. She was transported from the scene by EMS.

In Ohio in 2010, there were approximately 628 accidents which occurred in the median. In York Ohio, whose population was 1,292 in 2010, there were a total of 17 injury crashes which resulted in 23 injuries. Accidents which occurred when it was cloudy were 18,575 which resulted in injuries. Those accidents which involved improper lane change were 3,823 which caused injuries. Accidents which occurred in 2010 which involved compact cars were 19,214 which caused injuries. The injury crashes which occurred in 2010 and involved drivers crossing median or centerline amounted to 750. Those which involved guardrail faces and resulted in injuries were 1,102. In Ohio in 2010, accidents which occurred and were not a collision of two vehicles in transport amounted to 23,253 which caused injuries.


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