I forget where I heard it, but I remember being told that someone dies on an LA freeway every day. I looked around for that stat (I think a traffic school instructor said it) but didn't find it. I did however find that 630 ppl died in a car crash in LA during 2013. That's nuts. Not sure why LA residents try to deny the fact that people are terrible drivers there. I lived in LA for 6yrs and I've never seen such ridiculous shit. And I'm from the bay area. Not great here either, but there's a level of competency here that is severely lacking down south.

Here's the numbers for other SoCal from that same article/year:

Los Angeles : 630

Orange : 185

Riverside : 225

San Bernardino : 264

San Diego : 201