“The US-101 corridor within Northern Division and Golden Gate Division represents a large portion of where traffic crashes are occurring,” said Northern Division Chief Greg Baarts in the release. Most of the crashes involved one or more of the following: speed, reckless driving, unsafe lane change, unsafe turning movement, following too close, distracted driving, and driving under the influence, with increased injuries and deaths from occupant restraint violations, according to the release. In those, 745 people were injured and 53 killed.
Highway 101 will be getting some extra attention Thursday from the California Highway Patrol during an enforcement campaign spanning the northern reaches of the state to the Bay Area.Ī rash of serious injury and fatal crashes along the main artery in recent years prompted the operation, according to a CHP new release, with nearly 2,000 crashes occurring along the highway from the Oregon border through Mendocino County between 20.
