- Drivers involved in auto accidents are usually distracted, tired, or driving under the influence.
- The first person to be killed in an auto accident in the United States was Henry H. Bliss, a 68-year-old real estate broker. On September 14, 1899, in New York City, Mr. Bliss stepped from a streetcar, turned to assist a woman passenger, and was hit by a cab.
- Survey's suggest that male drivers cause twice as many accidents as female drivers.
- There is a town in Maryland called Accident. It sits on a major state highway linking western Maryland with the rest of the state. On the approach to the town is a road sign that doubles as a warning and is always true, no matter what the traffic condition. The sign says: ACCIDENT AHEAD
- Different types of car accidents include head on collisions, rear enders, rollovers, suicides, side impacts and more. The most deadly of these accidents are the vehicle rollovers.
- The national auto accident facts show that approximately 40% of fatalities are related to drinking and driving, 30% to speeding, and about 30% from a vehicle leaving the roadway.
- Most car accidents actually occur within 5 kilometres from home. There is a common misconception that car accidents occur while travelling to a vacation destination, but this is not the case.
- Your chances of getting into a car crash while talking on a cellphone increases by 400%.
- While nearly 40,000 people die in auto accidents each year, auto accident facts show that this number has been steadily declining over the last 30 years.
- Each year, approximately 300,000 teens are injured in a car crash. In the United States alone 5,000 teens die each year. On average that equals to 14 teens a day.
- Over the course of the last 5 years, more than one-quarter of Americans has been involved in an auto accident.
Facts about Car Accidents
