The attorneys and lawyers at the San Diego and Palm Springs, Palm Desert area Law Offices of R. Sebastian Gibson know the significant role alcohol has to play in auto, motorcycle, car and truck accidents in California.

According to California Highway Patrol Statistics, alcohol involved auto, car, motorcycle, truck, bicycle and pedestrian fatal accidents combined have increased 21.2 percent over the past five years. The number of persons killed and injured has been steadily rising since the year 2000.

The actual age at which the most drivers are involved in alcohol related auto, car, truck, and motorcycle accidents combined in California is age 21, followed by age 22 and 23. The ratio of someone age 21 to say someone in their mid-fifties is 9 to 1 or more. The same statistics hold true for the age at which the most drivers are involved in alcohol related accidents causing injury or death.

If you’ve been injured in an auto, truck, car, motorcycle, bicycle or pedestrian accident in California, call the law offices of R. Sebastian Gibson today for a free telephone consultation, or e-mail us with information about your accident and we will call you to discuss your injuries and provide you with our evaluation of your case.

Clearly, much more needs to be done to curb drinking and driving in California as in other states. While happy hours and happy hour specials and draws to bars such as free food buffets are not as common as they were just twenty years ago, these statistics suggest there has been no decrease in alcohol consumption among the general population.

Indeed with the benefits of moderate amounts of alcohol consumption being reported almost weekly in the press, one can only assume that as the population increases, the number of alcohol involved accidents and fatalities may continue to rise until producers of alcohol find a way to produce alcoholic beverages in such a manner that they do not impair a person’s ability to drive, or some other factor comes into play.