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DRIVING ACCIDENTS IN THE COUNTY: PART 2

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Clipboard researched by Henry Rivero / Los Angeles Times

There were more than 38,000 accidents in Orange County in the first nine months of 1987. This rate was the second highest in the state after Los Angeles County, which had more than 117,000 accidents. Of those accidents, more than 200 involved fatalities and nearly 15,000 had injuries.

Santa Ana had the highest number of accidents in the county--including those with injuries--followed by Anaheim. However, Anaheim had the greatest number of fatalities, followed by Santa Ana.

FIRST QUARTER MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DATA: For Jan 1 through March 31, 1987.

Property Damage Alcohol Involved CITY Total Only Injury Fatal Injury Fatal Anaheim 1,516 824 681 11 115 5 Brea 237 169 66 2 11 2 Buena Park 354 216 134 4 22 2 Costa Mesa 687 513 171 3 35 0 Cypress 175 98 77 0 11 0 Fountain Valley 313 188 125 0 27 0 Fullerton 701 421 274 6 42 3 Garden Grove 876 574 300 2 74 1 Huntington Beach 966 638 327 1 63 1 Irvine 538 373 162 3 17 2 Laguna Beach 203 157 44 2 8 1 La Habra 337 223 113 1 18 1 La Palma 50 28 22 0 3 0 Los Alamitos 91 57 34 0 3 0 Newport Beach 418 262 156 0 32 0 Orange 754 514 239 1 56 1 Placentia 154 99 55 0 8 0 San Clemente 185 122 62 1 8 0 San Juan Capistrano 129 82 45 2 8 1 Santa Ana 1,728 987 734 7 125 4 Seal Beach 126 84 41 1 10 0 Stanton 194 141 52 1 10 1 Tustin 423 297 124 2 18 1 Villa Park 17 14 3 0 1 0 Westminster 217 30 183 4 26 2 Yorba Linda 131 96 33 2 4 1 CITY TOTALS 11,520 7,207 4,257 56 755 29 State Highways 311 182 124 5 43 2 County Highways 939 559 371 9 72 6 COUNTY TOTALS 12,770 7,948 4,752 70 870 37

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Motorcycle Involved Pedestrian Involved Bicycle Involved CITY Injury Fatal Injury Fatal Injury Fatal Anaheim 27 2 29 0 60 2 Brea 1 0 5 0 6 0 Buena Park 4 1 13 0 12 0 Costa Mesa 6 0 6 0 23 2 Cypress 7 0 19 0 7 0 Fountain Valley 12 0 11 0 11 0 Fullerton 19 1 25 0 25 2 Garden Grove 23 0 14 0 15 0 Huntington Beach 17 0 40 0 31 0 Irvine 3 0 11 0 19 2 Laguna Beach 11 0 4 1 0 0 La Habra 2 1 9 0 11 0 La Palma 1 0 3 0 1 0 Los Alamitos 0 0 2 0 5 0 Newport Beach 9 0 19 0 13 0 Orange 13 1 20 0 25 0 Placentia 3 0 6 0 4 0 San Clemente 6 0 2 0 8 1 San Juan Capistrano 5 0 1 0 4 1 Santa Ana 65 2 45 0 57 1 Seal Beach 1 1 4 0 4 0 Stanton 3 0 5 0 6 0 Tustin 7 1 9 0 14 1 Villa Park 0 0 0 0 0 0 Westminster 11 2 11 0 22 0 Yorba Linda 1 0 3 0 2 0 CITY TOTALS 257 12 316 1 385 12 State Highways 3 1 4 0 16 0 County Highways 11 2 19 0 41 1 COUNTY TOTALS 271 15 339 1 442 13

SECOND QUARTER MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DATA: For April 1 through June 30, 1987.

Property Damage Alcohol Involved CITY Total Only Injury Fatal Injury Fatal Anaheim 1,514 779 725 10 113 4 Brea 206 136 70 0 13 0 Buena Park 334 206 127 1 30 0 Costa Mesa 541 334 206 1 37 1 Cypress 175 106 68 1 9 1 Fountain Valley 363 246 116 1 16 0 Fullerton 626 371 252 3 46 1 Garden Grove 875 539 333 3 52 3 Huntington Beach 998 657 336 5 69 4 Irvine 557 354 201 2 24 1 Laguna Beach 202 145 56 1 10 1 La Habra 295 179 116 0 15 0 La Palma 53 28 25 0 5 0 Los Alamitos 64 35 29 0 2 0 Newport Beach 468 283 184 1 32 1 Orange 780 514 262 4 45 2 Placentia 152 90 61 1 10 1 San Clemente 148 104 42 2 6 0 San Juan Capistrano 89 61 27 1 11 1 Santa Ana 1729 977 745 7 127 3 Seal Beach 108 70 38 0 6 0 Stanton 155 109 44 2 9 1 Tustin 393 265 128 0 22 0 Villa Park 15 11 4 0 1 0 Westminster 239 35 200 4 35 2 Yorba Linda 105 74 30 1 6 1 CITY TOTALS 11,184 6,708 4,425 51 751 28 State Highways 319 206 111 2 28 2 County Highways 951 546 396 9 88 7 COUNTY TOTALS 12,454 7,460 4,932 62 867 37

Motorcycle Involved Pedestrian Involved Bicycle Involved CITY Injury Fatal Injury Fatal Injury Fatal Anaheim 28 4 48 0 82 1 Brea 4 0 9 0 8 0 Buena Park 4 0 11 0 9 0 Costa Mesa 12 0 20 0 33 0 Cypress 0 0 10 0 7 1 Fountain Valley 3 0 15 0 12 1 Fullerton 16 1 21 0 22 0 Garden Grove 15 0 26 1 28 0 Huntington Beach 14 1 45 0 40 2 Irvine 5 0 22 0 23 0 Laguna Beach 9 0 5 0 7 0 La Habra 11 0 11 0 7 0 La Palma 0 0 3 0 1 0 Los Alamitos 2 0 2 0 3 0 Newport Beach 12 0 30 0 30 0 Orange 10 0 16 0 30 1 Placentia 4 0 4 0 9 0 San Clemente 4 1 6 0 4 0 San Juan Capistrano 0 0 2 0 3 0 Santa Ana 55 1 65 2 65 1 Seal Beach 0 0 2 0 2 0 Stanton 1 2 4 0 4 1 Tustin 2 0 13 0 15 0 Villa Park 0 0 0 0 1 0 Westminster 7 0 16 0 14 1 Yorba Linda 0 0 8 0 4 0 CITY TOTALS 218 10 414 3 463 9 State Highways 2 0 5 0 15 0 County Highways 13 2 33 1 50 0 COUNTY TOTALS 233 12 452 4 528 9

THIRD QUARTER MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DATA: For July 1 through Sept. 30, 1987.

Property Damage Alcohol Involved CITY Total Only Injury Fatal Injury Fatal Anaheim 1,583 816 756 11 139 1 Brea 204 142 58 4 13 4 Buena Park 349 214 133 2 18 1 Costa Mesa 516 328 186 2 41 2 Cypress 189 104 84 1 12 0 Fountain Valley 346 211 134 1 23 1 Fullerton 725 424 298 3 51 1 Garden Grove 954 577 371 6 66 0 Huntington Beach 1,023 641 378 4 84 2 Irvine 551 351 197 3 28 0 Laguna Beach 272 213 58 1 7 1 La Habra 295 192 102 1 12 0 La Palma 45 23 22 0 5 0 Los Alamitos 83 49 34 0 4 0 Newport Beach 402 234 166 2 22 1 Orange 756 479 270 7 51 4 Placentia 138 96 42 0 10 0 San Clemente 172 119 51 2 10 1 San Juan Capistrano 97 70 27 0 8 0 Santa Ana 1,887 1,082 795 10 142 4 Seal Beach 165 93 68 4 10 1 Stanton 188 125 61 2 22 0 Tustin 482 332 150 0 19 0 Villa Park 21 15 6 0 1 0 Westminster 243 44 197 2 34 0 Yorba Linda 127 95 30 2 5 1 CITY TOTALS 11,813 7,069 4,674 70 837 25 State Highways 339 208 129 2 32 1 County Highways 1,047 647 390 10 71 5 COUNTY TOTALS 13,199 7,924 5,193 82 940 31

Motorcycle Involved Pedestrian Involved Bicycle Involved CITY Injury Fatal Injury Fatal Injury Fatal Anaheim 29 2 36 1 86 5 Brea 1 1 10 0 5 1 Buena Park 5 0 16 0 15 2 Costa Mesa 8 0 18 0 35 2 Cypress 3 0 19 0 7 0 Fountain Valley 5 0 15 0 15 1 Fullerton 16 0 26 0 30 1 Garden Grove 12 2 30 0 42 1 Huntington Beach 18 0 49 1 45 1 Irvine 2 0 20 1 22 2 Laguna Beach 6 1 6 0 6 0 La Habra 5 0 11 0 11 0 La Palma 0 0 3 0 2 0 Los Alamitos 1 0 2 0 5 0 Newport Beach 13 2 38 0 26 1 Orange 7 1 21 0 31 2 Placentia 3 0 1 0 5 0 San Clemente 4 0 8 0 4 0 San Juan Capistrano 2 0 4 0 3 1 Santa Ana 45 2 57 1 71 0 Seal Beach 4 1 5 0 14 0 Stanton 5 1 4 0 10 0 Tustin 5 0 12 0 20 0 Villa Park 1 0 1 0 0 0 Westminster 14 0 21 0 26 0 Yorba Linda 5 1 1 0 4 1 CITY TOTALS 219 14 434 4 540 21 State Highways 3 1 4 0 9 0 County Highways 9 1 39 1 64 3 COUNTY TOTALS 231 16 477 5 613 24

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