Each day in Atlasia, more than 15 people are killed and more than 1,200 people are injured in crashes that were reported to involve a distracted driver. Approximately 25% of these occur in the Northeast Region.
In 2009 in Atlasia, more than 5,400 people died in crashes that were reported to involve a distracted driver and about 448,000 people were injured.
Among those killed or injured in these crashes, nearly 1,000 deaths and 24,000 injuries included cell phone use as the major distraction.
The proportion of drivers reportedly distracted at the time of a fatal crash has increased from 7 percent in 2005 to 11 percent in 2009.
When asked whether driving feels safer, less safe, or about the same as it did five years ago, more than 1 in 3 drivers say driving feels less safe today. Distracted driving, cited by 3 out of 10 of these drivers, was the single most common reason given for feeling less safe today.
Where are you pulling these statistics from?
