San Diego
The number of deaths from motor vehicle accidents on city streets in 1991 increased by 10 over the previous year, police reported Friday.
Ninety-six people died in 91 accidents, eight more accidents than in 1990, according to traffic statistics released by police spokesman Bill Robinson. Those figures represented a jump over the previous year, when 86 people died in 83 accidents.
The figures do not include deaths on San Diego freeways.
In 1991, 42 people died in 39 auto accidents, and 38 pedestrians were killed in 36 collisions, Robinson said. In addition, 10 people died in 10 motorcycle accidents, and six were killed in the same number of bicycle accidents.
Alcohol or drugs played a role in 26% of the accidents, and 62% of those who died weren’t wearing a seat belt, Robinson said. Eight of the 10 who died in motorcycle accidents weren’t wearing a helmet. Alcohol and drugs played a role in half of those accidents. However, there was an overall decrease in the number of motorcycle-related deaths in 1991 as contrasted with 1990, when 16 people died in the same number of accidents, Robinson said.
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