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There were an estimated
6,356,000 car accidents in the US in 2000.
men do about
60-65%
men are still 70% MORE
more driving LIKELY TO BE than women in a serious CRASH
. 005 in 2 05. led 20 kil in
of ALL traffic accidents involve someone being on a cellphone.
Bill ion do llar s.
s
25%
ki lle d
in
au to
ac ci de nt s
in
20 02 .
in the US
w er e
ere nearly 6,420,000 aut o ac There w cide p nts in t he Un ite d The financial cost of these crashes is mo St re th at an 2 e 30
car accidents
81 5
MALES
NEARLY
42 ,6 36
e pl eo
deaths are
2.9 million peop le we re in jure da nd
X X
T
3/4
/DAY O
6,328,000
here w ere 2. n2 9 milli 00 on inju ries a 2, nd 42 the Th ,643 p re er eople we were e killed re w in auto er an accide e es nts. tim ab ate ou d6 t2 ,31 .9 6,0 m 00 illi ca on ra cc in ide ju rie nts s in t an he d US 42 A. ,
accounts for 1/3 of those deaths
DEATHS
)
DRUNK DRIVING
THAT’S 3,287
there were
pe op le
Worldwide,1.2 MILLION people die EACH YEAR in car accidents.
in 2003,
+
N
E CAR ACCID
73%
of all people killed in car accidents are male.
41,821 people
WERE KILLED in auto accidents
in 2000
There were about
3.2 MILLION injuries in 2002.
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