21% of fatal car crashes involve cell phones, and this number increases 4% each year.
more then 10,000 cars
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.