accident statistics
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News Featured Stories News Releases Safety Community- December 04, 2015 61
According to road safety statistics that were recently released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, we may be well on our way to having completely safe roads for drivers and pedestrians in our lifetime. According to a new report, auto related fatalities have significantly declined in 2014 compared to the same period in 2013.
According to the NHTSA, the total number of traffic fatalities in 2014 was 32,675, compared to the number of 32,719 in 2013. While this itself is good, the rest of the report isn't quite as optimistic and points to the fact that there is still very real work...
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News Featured Stories Road Safety Resources & Links Safety Guides Safety Community- August 27, 2015 374
The truth behind the traffic accident statistics
To give you an idea of how dangerous traffic accidents can be, in the time it took me to write this story, 3121 people were killed in a car accident and 80,889 were injured. The rate of fatalities and serious injuries in traffic accidents is so high that getting in a car is one of the most dangerous things a human being can do in their lifetime.
It’s among the top 10 killers of human beings in the world. Car accidents are responsible for more deaths each day than any wild beast or natural catastrophe.
Car accidents kill more people than wars do...
