Cell Phones, Text Messaging and Car Accident Information for ALL Drivers
*Talking on the cell phones causes nearly 25% of all auto accidents
*One fifth of experienced adult drivers in the U.S. send text messages while driving
*In 2008 almost 6,000 people were killed and a half million were injured in crashes related to distracted driving
*At any given time during the daylight hours in 2008, more than 800,000 vehicles were driven by someone using a hand held cell phone.
*4 out of every 5 accidents (80%) are attributed to distracted drivers.
In contrast, drunk drivers account for roughly 1 out of 3( 33%) of all accidents nationally
*Texting while driving is about 6 times more likley to result in an accident than driving while intoxicated
*People who text while driving are 23% more likely to be in a car accident
These stats are from 2008. One can only assume that with more cell phones and more drivers on the roads the statistics will be worse for 2009.
