Four people were seriously injured in a Los Angeles car accident after head-on collision occurred in the Sepulveda Pass, the evening of January 6, 2012.

Joseph Maier, 48, sustained a fatal job injury while working in a warehouse in Santa Fe Springs.

A 44-year-old woman was fatally injured in a San Diego car accident involving a hit-and-run driver.

Gabriel Facio, 44, was killed in a Pomona car accident, which officials say involved a suspected hit-and-run driver.

A family in Compton, California was woken to the sight of a car sitting in their living room. On December 22, suspected drunk driver German Arevalo flew down the highway hitting two parked cars before flying into the corner of a home that sits near the intersection of Central and 151 Street. The incident happened around 2 a.m.

Lyssa Marie Hand, 48, of Simi Valley was killed and Keith William Imrie, 47, of Camarillo was injured in a Los Angeles car accident involving a car drifting into oncoming traffic.

Betty Markey, 71, Vivian Davidge, 83, and a 22-year-old woman were injured in a San Bernardino car accident after a car crashed into a Highland medical facility.

The driver of a Chevrolet Malibu was injured in a San Diego car accident when a drunk driver struck his parked vehicle.

Six people were injured, one seriously, in a Riverside car accident, which officials say, involved two vehicles.

As the holiday season approaches, it gets increasingly commonplace to see DUI collisions on California's roadways.