New study reveals a grim pattern for innocent bystanders when it comes to police chases happening across LA. Bystanders make up nearly half of the car chase injuries involving LAPD.
The study, requested by the Board of Police Commissioners and data shared by theTotal number of police chases involving LAPD: 4,203 between 2018 and April 2023.
In the study, LAPD had picked up more than 4,200 police chases from 2018 to 2023. Of the 4,200-plus chases, nearly 1,600 resulted in a crash.Innocent people continue to fall victim to deadly police chases across Southern California Of the police chases turned crashes, 1,032 resulted in an injury or death. Forty-nine percent of the crashes resulting in injuries involved a third-party victim – meaning bystanders who had nothing to do with the car chase.The study also revealed that the average speed during LAPD car chases was about 46 mph. The highest percentage of crashes at 64% happened when chases reached between 41 and 80 mph.
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