SACRAMENTO — The Sacramento region has some of the highest numbers of fatal traffic collisions in the state.
Sacramento police say that last year, more than 50 people died on city streets. Now, as part of National Passenger Safety Week, there’s an effort to reduce fatal collisions by encouraging passengers to intervene.
“If you’re a passenger and the driver is speeding or tailgating or zooming from lane to lane cutting people off, you as a passenger have a right to say something,” said David Reich with the National Road Safety Foundation.
Reich said that a quarter of all people killed in vehicle crashes are a passenger.
“That’s about 9,000 people every year,” he said. “Nine thousand passengers are killed every year on our roads and highways.”
“We all want to get home safely each and every night, and with passenger power, we can do that,” said Kelly Browning, executive director of Impact Teen Drivers.