Car accident statistics indicate that at least four people involved in car accidents die every hour. These accidents could be due to the fault of the driver, the other driver, or due to a faulty vehicle. The important thing to consider is the number of deaths occurring every day, excluding the people involved in car accidents and sustaining severe personal injuries.

In 2005, there were almost 6.5 million automobile accidents in the United States. The cost of these crashes totaled more than $230 billion. Almost 3 million people were injured and more than 45,000 died. On average, another person dies in a car crash every 12 minutes in this country – that’s approximately 123 deaths per day.

There is a death caused by a motor vehicle crash every 12 minutes; there is a disabling injury every 14 seconds.

Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for people ages 1 to 33.

The age groups most affected by motor vehicle crashes are 15-24 and 75+.

There were an estimated 5,800 pedestrian deaths and 90,000 injuries.

Walking in the roadway accounted for only 9% of all pedestrian deaths and injuries.

About 3 in every 10 Americans will be involved in an alcohol-related traffic accident at some time in their lives.

Bicycling resulted in about 800 deaths in collisions with motor vehicles.

SUV accidents accounted for only 3% of all accidents but 3 times that rate of fatalities because of rollover accidents.

2008 Car Accident Statistics

In 2008, the number of overall traffic fatalities reached a record low since 1961, and that number continued to decrease in the first few months of 2009.

The number of car crash deaths in 2008, 37,261, dropped 9.7% from the number of deaths in 2007; this is the largest annual reduction since 1982.

The 2008 passenger car occupant fatalities have decreased for the sixth year in a row, accounting for 25,351 deaths. This is the lowest number since 1975 when the NHTSA began collecting fatality crash data. Read the rest of this entry »

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