Palatine Motorcyclist and Car Driver Injured in Collision in Schaumburg, Illinois
One man died and a woman was hurt in Schaumburg, Illinois on Sunday in a motor vehicle collision that occurred at Higgins Road and Mall Drive. The accident occurred around 4:30 in the afternoon.
Preliminary reports indicate that a car was going west on Higgins made a U-turn in front of a motorcycle headed east. Both motorists may have had a green light at Mall Drive.
The motorcyclist, 39-year-old Dean Schroeder, was pronounced dead later in the evening at Alexian Brothers Medical Center. The driver of the car, a 30-year-old woman, was also treated at the hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 2007 Traffic Safety Facts:
• 41,059 people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2007.
• 2,491,000 others sustained injuries.
• 5,154 people died in motorcycle crashes last year.
• 70,000 motorcyclists were injured.
• There were 802 large truckers killed.
• 698 traffic crash victims in 2007 were pedalcyclists.
While US Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters said that overall traffic deaths in the US reached their lowest figure in 14 years, she noted that motorcycle safety is an ongoing issue, with motorcyclist deaths making up 13% of all motor vehicle deaths in the US.
Motorcyclist dies in collision near Woodfield Mall, ChicagoTribune.com, September 1, 2008
2007 Traffic Safety Facts, NHTSA (PDF)
Related Web Resource:
Illinois Department of Transportation
