The investigation into Tiger Woods’s single-vehicle crash in February is completed, however the outcomes can’t be launched publicly till Woods offers permission, the Los Angeles County sheriff stated in a Facebook Livestream on Wednesday.

“A cause has been determined,” Sheriff Alex Villanueva stated, including: “We have all the contents of the black box. We’ve got everything completed, signed, sealed and delivered. However, we can’t release it without the permission of the people involved in the collision.”

Woods, 45, sustained extreme accidents to his proper leg on Feb. 23, requiring no less than two operations after the S.U.V. he was driving crashed onto a hillside alongside a difficult stretch of highway in Los Angeles County. No one however Woods, the pre-eminent determine in golf over the previous quarter-century, was concerned, in keeping with the authorities.

The sheriff has maintained that the crash was an accident, saying that he and his deputies didn’t detect indicators of impairment on the scene that day. However, he stated a few week later that investigators had gotten a search warrant for the occasion knowledge recorder, also called a black field, in Woods’s S.U.V. to assist make clear the reason for the crash.

“It’s still an accident,” he stated Wednesday. “You have an accident, and you have deliberate acts. It’s an accident, OK. We’re reaching out to Tiger Woods to be able to release the report itself, and nothing has changed from what we know and what we learned throughout the course of the investigation. And everything we did turned out to be accurate.”

Woods’s longtime agent, Mark Steinberg, didn’t instantly reply to an electronic mail requesting remark.

Here is what we all know as of Wednesday evening.

When was Woods despatched dwelling from the hospital?

Woods was launched final month from a Los Angeles hospital the place he was handled after the crash, in keeping with a publish to his Twitter account on March 16 that stated he was at dwelling.

“I will be recovering at home and working on getting stronger every day,” the Twitter publish on Tuesday learn.

Woods’s solely identified residence is in Jupiter Island, Fla., the place he lives in a mansion — generally along with his two kids, custody of whom he shares along with his ex-wife.

The publish didn’t include updates on his situation, and Steinberg, Woods’s agent, stated in an electronic mail that he couldn’t provide any additional info on his consumer’s location or situation.

What accidents was Woods handled for?

Woods was taken to Harbor-U.C.L.A. Medical Center in Los Angeles on the day of the crash and underwent emergency surgical procedure to restore critical accidents to his proper leg.

He was transferred to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on the night of Feb. 25.

The morning after Woods’s arrival at Cedars-Sinai, he obtained “follow-up procedures on his injuries,” which have been deemed profitable, in keeping with a press release from Woods’s Twitter account.

Dr. Anish Mahajan, the appearing chief govt of Harbor-U.C.L.A., stated in a statement the evening after the crash that each bones in Woods’s decrease proper leg, the tibia and the fibula, had been damaged in a number of locations and have been “open fractures,” that means the bones had pierced his pores and skin.

Dr. Mahajan stated medical doctors had “stabilized” the breaks by inserting a rod within the tibia. He stated that further bones in Woods’s ankle and foot had additionally been injured and that they’d been “stabilized with a combination of screws and pins.”

The assertion didn’t describe any accidents to Woods’s left leg, although Daryl L. Osby, the Los Angeles County hearth chief, had stated earlier that Woods had “serious injuries” to each legs. The chief didn’t clarify additional and stated he was undecided what different accidents Woods might need sustained.

Doctors not concerned in Woods’s care have predicted an extremely difficult recovery from his accidents.

How did the investigation proceed?

The warrant to examine the black field’s knowledge was executed on March 1 as a part of a “routine procedure,” a spokeswoman for the Sheriff’s Department stated final month.

When requested why the division had not sought a warrant for blood samples from the hospital, which might point out whether or not Woods had alcohol or medication in his system, Sheriff Villanueva stated in a livestream on March Three that there was no proof of impairment.

“Absent the evidence of impairment, you know, you’re not going to get a search warrant,” the sheriff stated. “Period. It’s not getting assigned by the judge.”

Though the investigation continued, Sheriff Villanueva was fairly clear at a information convention on Feb. 24 that he believed the crash was unintended. “We don’t contemplate any charges whatsoever in this crash,” he stated. “This remains an accident, and an accident is not a crime.”

Drug recognition consultants — cops skilled to establish folks suspected of being impaired — weren’t dispatched to both the location of the crash or the hospital, Sheriff Villanueva added.

Although Woods appeared “lucid and calm” instantly after the accident and was in a position to reply questions from Deputy Carlos Gonzalez, the primary emergency responder to reach on the scene, he “had no recollection of the crash itself” when requested on the hospital, Villanueva stated in a Feb. 24 appearance on CNN.

Forensic consultants from throughout the nation who are usually not concerned within the investigation instructed USA Today, for an article printed on March 13, that it seemed to be both a case of falling asleep on the wheel or of impaired or distracted driving.

The crash occurred on Hawthorne Boulevard close to Rancho Palos Verdes, a coastal metropolis of about 42,000 folks in Los Angeles County.

How harmful is that stretch of highway?

According to knowledge collected by the Sheriff’s Department, there have been 13 accidents, 4 with accidents, from Jan. 3, 2020, to Feb. 23 of this yr inside a 1.35-mile stretch of Hawthorne Boulevard that features the location the place Woods crashed, in keeping with knowledge collected by the Sheriff’s Department.

Only a kind of accidents was formally decided to have concerned an individual underneath the affect of medicine or alcohol, in keeping with the information, and none concerned somebody utilizing a cellphone. Two of the 13 accidents have been single-vehicle crashes, and the information indicated that neither driver in these circumstances had been driving underneath the affect.

The velocity restrict there may be 45 miles per hour, however Deputy Gonzalez stated he had generally seen autos going greater than 80 miles per hour. Sheriff Villanueva stated it appeared that Woods had been driving at a “greater speed than normal” on the day of the accident.

What occurred through the crash?

Officers arrived on the scene six minutes after receiving a 911 name and located Woods trapped in an S.U.V. that had rolled over, Sheriff Villanueva stated on the day of the crash.

The automobile Woods was driving hit the median strip, traveled a number of hundred ft and rolled a number of instances earlier than stopping within the brush on the opposite facet of the highway, Sheriff Villanueva stated. There have been no skid or swerve marks, indicating that Woods had made no try and brake, the sheriff stated. The bumper and the entrance finish of the automobile have been “destroyed,” however the inside cabin of the automobile was “more or less intact,” he added.

There was no proof that Woods was being adopted or his cellphone, the sheriff stated on the time of the crash. Weather was additionally not an element within the crash, he stated. Woods was sporting his seatbelt, and airbags within the automobile deployed, Deputy Gonzalez stated.

What automobile was Woods driving? Why was he within the Los Angeles space?

Woods was in Southern California to host, however to not compete in, the Genesis Invitational on the Riviera Country Club within the Pacific Palisades part of Los Angeles the weekend earlier than the crash. Genesis Motor is a luxurious automobile division of Hyundai. Woods was in a 2021 Genesis GV80 S.U.V., which was supplied to him through the match; he’s known for always driving himself in a courtesy automobile at tournaments.

Woods stayed after the weekend to do promotional work for Golf Digest and GolfTV, and when the crash occurred, in keeping with ESPN, he was on his technique to a photograph shoot with the N.F.L. quarterbacks Drew Brees and Justin Herbert.

How did fellow golfers reply?

Rory McIlroy, 31, in an interview on “The Tonight Show” with Jimmy Fallon on March 9, stated that he had spoken with Woods and that he anticipated him to have the ability to recuperate at dwelling along with his household quickly.

“He’s doing better — and I think all of us are wishing him a speedy recovery at this point,” McIlroy stated of himself and unspecified fellow golfers within the interview, which he did from the Players Championship.

Several PGA Tour gamers wore red shirts with black pants, a version of Woods’s signature final-round outfit, on the ultimate day of the Workday Championship on Feb. 28. Some used Bridgestone golf balls imprinted with Woods’s standard marking, “TIGER.” And many spectators wore crimson shirts, hats and masks.

“It is hard to explain how touching today was when I turned on the TV and saw all the red shirts,” a statement on Woods’s Twitter account stated on Sunday. “To every golfer and every fan, you are truly helping me get through this tough time.”

Annika Sorenstam, 50, wore a crimson prime and a black skirt at an L.P.G.A. Tour occasion in Orlando, Fla., whereas the upkeep employees on the Puerto Rican Open wore crimson in tribute as effectively.

On the day of the crash, celebrities and followers alike offered prayers and words of support on social media.

Where did Woods’s profession stand earlier than the crash?

Even earlier than the wreck, it was not clear when Woods may play once more or whether or not he would be capable to pursue a record-tying sixth Masters victory this spring.

Woods was attempting to recuperate from his fifth back operation, a microdiscectomy, which he had disclosed in January.

When he appeared on CBS on Sunday through the last spherical of the Genesis match, Woods was requested whether or not he would compete on the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club in April. “God, I hope so,” he stated. “I’ve got to get there first.”

Although Woods stated final month that he anticipated to overlook no less than two tournaments, he didn’t publicly rule out enjoying within the Masters, which he final received in 2019. On Sunday, he stated he was “feeling fine, a little bit stiff,” and was awaiting one other magnetic resonance imaging scan to judge his progress.

In the meantime, he stated, he was “still doing the mundane stuff that you have to do for rehab, the little things before you can start gravitating toward something a little more.”

Woods tied for 38th place within the 2020 Masters, which was performed in November due to the coronavirus pandemic. Although he shot a 10 on the 12th gap through the last spherical, he birdied 5 of the ultimate six holes.

Reporting was contributed by Alan Blinder, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Bill Pennington.