A study of NHTSA data from 2019 to 2023 ranked Kentucky fourth highest nationwide for senior driver fatalities, recording an average of 20.28 fatal crashes per 100,000 residents aged 65 and older — 51% above the national average, according to Kentucky Today. The Daviess County Sheriff's Office uses grant funding from the Kentucky Office of Highway Safety to run targeted enforcement patrols and roadside safety checkpoints on designated county corridors, aimed broadly at reducing traffic fatalities on roads like Hill Bridge Road. West's death adds another entry to a string of recent fatal single-vehicle crashes across rural western Kentucky, following a fatal FedEx crash near Louisville and a fatal crash under investigation in Trimble County earlier this month.