IIHS, Among fatal large truck crashes in , FHWA, In , Only 1. FMCSA, IIHS, In crashes of large trucks in , 4, people were killed. Some crashes involved both a tractor-trailer and a single-unit truck. IIHS, Occupant deaths in large truck crashes per million truck miles traveled have declined substantially since In , the rates were 3.
By , these rates had declined to 0. However, IIHS, More than half of all road traffic deaths worldwide are among pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists. WHO, In , 5, motorcyclists were killed in crashes, more than double the number in IIHS, In , the number of motorcycle fatalities per mile traveled was nearly 29 times the number of car fatalities per mile traveled. IIHS, Motorcycles account for only 0. IIHS, Supersport motorcycles have driver death rates about 4 times as high as that of cruisers and standards.
Ninety percent of bicyclist deaths in were among those aged 20 and older. In every year since , many more male than female bicyclists were killed in crashes with motor vehicles. IIHS, Every year since , many more male than female bicyclists have been killed in crashes with motor vehicles. Children of these ages had the second-highest pedestrian death rate in but the lowest in Pedestrians of these ages had the highest death rate every year since , although the gap between older pedestrians and those aged has narrowed considerably.
IIHS, Since , teenage crash deaths have decreased more among males than among females. IIHS, Fatalities by Age Globally, car accidents are the leading cause of death among young adults ages - and the ninth leading cause of death for all people. SaferAmerica, Road traffic crashes are the eighth leading cause of death for people of all ages.
IIHS, In , children under 13 years of age were killed in motor vehicle accidents. Of these children, IIHS, In , motor vehicle crashes were the leading cause of death for female teenagers and the second leading cause after suicide of death for male teenagers. Safe Kids Worldwide, Per mile driven, teen drivers ages 16 to 19 are nearly three times more likely than drivers aged 20 and older to be in a fatal crash.
IIHS, In , the rate of pedestrian deaths per , population was highest for pedestrians ages Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, Sending or reading a text takes your eyes off the road for 5 seconds.
At 55 mph, that's like driving the length of an entire football field with your eyes closed. AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, A study of 3, drivers' behavior in showed that these drivers engaged in potentially distracting activities during The most common distractions were interacting with an adult or teen passenger Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, Dialing a phone is one of the most dangerous distractions, increasing a driver's chance of crashing by 12 times.
Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, Reading or writing increased the risk of crashing by 10 times. Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, Driving while crying or visibly angry increased the risk of crashing by 10 times.
Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, Using a hands-free electronic device is four times more distracting than talking to an adult passenger. Driver's Alert, Child passengers can be 12 times more distracting to a driver than talking on a cell phone. One study found that the average parent driver took his or her eyes off the road for three minutes and 22 seconds during a minute trip.
TeenSafe, Manual transmission vehicles double the chances of distracted driving crashes caused by food consumption. It took an average of 40 seconds to complete the programming of GPS navigation plus 13 more seconds for the brain to refocus after completing the task. WIRED, Men are more likely than women to engage in distracting behavior; more than twice as many men as women watched a video.
Consumer Reports, Distracted driving in the US may be under-reported because many state crash-report forms don't have a field or code for many forms of distraction. Driver Knowledge, Texting while driving increases the risk of crashing by 23 times. Only Missouri and Montana do not. Also, 24 states and Washington, DC ban the use of hand-held cell phones while driving.
Governors Highway Safety Association, Texting increases your chances of rear-ending someone by a factor of 7. AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, The maximum amount of time that a driver can safely divert his or her attention from the road is two seconds. It takes a driver an average of five seconds to send a text message.
TeenSafe, Each day, 11 teens die in crashes caused by texting and driving. TeenSafe, In , Consumer Reports, Drunk Driving Statistics In , law enforcement agencies made nearly one million arrests for driving under the influence DUI. Three-fourths of those arrested were male. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Men are nearly twice as likely as women to have been intoxicated behind the wheel or involved in fatal motor vehicle traffic accidents.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Every day in America, another 30 people die in drunk driving crashes. That's one person every 48 minutes. IIHS, Among persons killed in motor vehicle accidents in , 1. A BAC of 0. IIHS, Among car drivers killed in motor vehicle accidents in , IIHS, Among drivers involved in fatal wrong-way crashes on divided highways in , For drivers aged , the chance of a fatal crash with a blood alcohol concentration BAC of 0.
For drivers aged , it's 7 times as high; for drivers aged 35 and older, it's 6 times as high. IIHS, A national roadside survey of drivers in tested the breath alcohol concentration BrAC of randomly selected drivers. The survey found that 1. This compares with 7. The rate of high BACs among pedestrians 16 and older killed in daytime 6 a.
Impaired Driving Statistics After alcohol, marijuana is the drug most often linked to drugged driving. National Institute on Drug Abuse, On average, three in five people will be involved in a crash due to impaired driving in their lifetime. National Center for Statistics and Analysis, No distraction rivaled the risk involved with driving while impaired by drugs or alcohol, which multiplied crash rates by 36 times. Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, In , among people of ages 16 or older, Governors Highway Safety Association, The percentage of traffic deaths in which at least one driver tested positive for drugs has nearly doubled over a decade.
USA Today, 50 mg of diphenhydramine a popular over-the-counter antihistamine can impair your driving more than a blood alcohol concentration BAC of 0. The legal limit for BAC is under 0. Taking benzodiazepines along with alcohol makes it 7. University of Newcastle, The common cold can increase a driver's reaction time about as much as a blood alcohol concentration BAC of 0. This does not include possible additional driving impairment from medications taken to treat the common cold.
Cardiff University, It is estimated that 0. The standard error of this estimate is 0. Furthermore, it is estimated that 0. The standard error for this estimate is 0. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, It is estimated that in , 91, police-reported crashes involved drowsy drivers. These crashes led to an estimated 50, people injured and nearly deaths.
National Sleep Foundation, A study conducted in of the behavior of more than 3, drivers found that driver drowsiness was a factor in 8. Drowsiness was a factor in Female drivers with restless leg syndrome were 2. Sleep, Being awake for 18 hours straight can impair driving as much as a blood alcohol concentration BAC of 0. National Sleep Foundation, Drivers missing hours of sleep in 24 hours more than quadrupled their risk of a crash compared with drivers getting the recommended seven hours of sleep.
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