more then 10,000 cars
21% of fatal car crashes involve cell phones, and this number increases 4% each year.
The National Safety Council estimates that 1.6 million accidents crashes per year are from the use of cell phones and texting while driving. They also note that 28% of all traffic accidents occur involve a person talking on a cell phone or texting while driving.
In order to answer this question more accurately i would need to know what time frame you would like to see the death / injury poll from texting and driving.
almost 10,000 crashes occur in us in a year
there as 61 helicopter crashes
How many car crashes happen a year because of alcohol
there is about 43443 people killed by car crashes each year there is about 43443 people killed by car crashes each year
there are about 1 billion CAR CRASHES in a year :)
commercial airline crashes per year
Cell phone distraction causes 2,600 deaths and 330,000 injuries in the United States every year
In 2007, senior citizens were responsible for around 15% of car crashes. This is based on statistics showing that older drivers aged 65 and over were involved in a significant proportion of traffic accidents that year.