Jefferson, Ohio, Car Strikes Median and Injures 28 Y-O Woman

City: Steubenville, Ohio
County: Jefferson, Ohio
Date of Accident: February 8, 2014
Type of Accident: Motor Vehicle Accident – 2006 Subaru Legacy

A 2006 Subaru Legacy midsize car crashed in Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio, and resulted in injuries for a 28 year old woman of Weinton, WI, on February 8, 2014 at approximately 6:11 am police reported. The reports further stated that the woman was driving her car, south on State Route 7. She allegedly failed to maintain control of her vehicle, which went off the right side of the roadway. It returned to the roadway and struck the median, went off the right again and struck the guardrail. The woman was treated at the scene and Nemo’s towed the car.

In Ohio in 2010, there were approximately 628 accidents which occurred in the median. Crashes that were caused by drivers traveling at unsafe speed in 2012 were 4,031 that caused injuries. In 2012, Steubenville, Jefferson Ohio, had a population of 19,015; there were 113 injury crashes, which resulted in 157 injuries. Accidents that involved guardrail ends were 343, while those accidents that involved guardrail faces were 1,207 which resulted in injuries, in the category of first harmful event in unit of error. In Ohio in 2010, there were approximately 628 accidents which occurred in the median.

If you’ve been injured in an Steubenville, Wells or Knox, Ohio, area accident, please call the Jefferson County, Ohio, car accident attorneys at Chester Law Group at 800-218-4243.