Did you know?

• Although safety belt use has increased steadily nationwide, motor vehicle crashes are still the leading cause of employee deaths off-the-job and the number one cause of death at work. 
• Businesses incur enormous economic costs each year from traffic crashes through lost productivity, workers compensation, medical care and higher health insurance premiums.  
•  Every year, more than 41,000 people die and 2.4 million suffer disabling injuries in motor vehicle collisions.
• Driver inattention is a contributing factor of traffic collisions - involved in 80% of crashes and 65% of near crashes.
• Researchers observing more than 1,700 drivers found that three of every four drivers using cell phones committed a traffic violation. The number dropped to one of every five drivers when cell phones weren’t in the picture.
• Drivers between the ages of 21 and 44 – those of adult working age – are more likely than any other age group to be in fatal crashes where the BAC was .08 or higher.
• On average, more than 100 people die, per day in the U.S., from car crashes.
• The most fatal crashes occur in the evenings (between 5pm and 7pm) and on weekends.
• According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, of people killed at night, about two-thirds are not wearing seat belts.