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STATS YOU SHOULD KNOW
- An average of 115 persons died each day in motor vehicle crashes in 2000 – one every 13 minutes.
- Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for every age from 4 through 33 years old.
- In 2000, 41,821 people were killed in the estimated 6,394,000 police-reported motor vehicle traffic crashes, 3,189,000 people were injured, and 4,286,000 crashes involved property damage only.
- US Department of Transportation estimates that the typical driver will have a near automobile accident one to two times per month and all will be in a collision of some type on average of every 6 years.
- According to the National Safety Council (NSA), there are more than 12 million motor vehicle accidents annually including more than 20 million vehicles. This results in over 5 million nonfatal accidents annually, of which approximately 2 million are disabling injuries including approximately 1 million work-related auto-disabling injuries.
- A 1990 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) study found that about 28 percent of occupants in motor vehicle accidents incur minor to moderate injury while 6 percent incur severe to fatal injuries.
- According to the Insurance Research Council;
- 63 percent of injuries are paid by the injured individuals own automobile insurance company
- 55 percent of injuries are paid by the auto insurance company of another vehicle
- 36 percent of injuries are paid by health insurance
- 20 percent of injuries are paid by government programs
- 19 percent of injuries are paid workers’ compensation insurance
- Almost 60 percent of those injured reported to have used 2 or more sources of payment.