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I wonder how many lives and injures could be spared if we would just take the time to buckle up and drive safely!!!!!
Deaths and injuries resulting from motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for persons of every age from 6 to 27 years old (based on 1994 data)
Please buckle up and don't drink & drive
An average of 115 persons died each day in motor vehicle crashes in 1997 -- one every 13 minutes.
In 2003, 14 percent (7,884) of all the drivers involved in fatal crashes (58,156) were
young drivers 15 to 20 years old, and 18 percent (1,954,000) of all the drivers
involved in police-reported crashes (11,155,000) were young drivers.
NHTSA has reported that 43,005 people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2002 and that motor vehicle traffic crashes were the 8th-leading cause of death among all ages that year. But broken down by age, crashes were the No. 1 cause of death for every age from 3 through 33.
1 in 3 Teens will crash in their first year of driving.
In 1997, 30.3 percent of all traffic fatalities occurred in crashes in which at least one driver or nonoccupant had a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.10 grams per deciliter (g/dl) or greater.
In 1997 there were 16,189 fatalities in alcohol-related crashes. This is a 6 percent decrease compared to 1996, and it represents an average of one alcohol-related fatality every 32 minutes.
The intoxication rate for 16- to 20-year-old drivers involved in fatal crashes in 1997 was 14.3 percent. The highest intoxication rates were for drivers 21 to 24 and 25 to 34 years old (26.3 percent and 23.8 percent, respectively).
In 1997, 11 percent (4,777) of all the motor vehicle traffic fatalities reported involved heavy trucks (gross vehicle weight rating greater than 26,000 pounds), and 2 percent (639) involved medium trucks (gross vehicle weight rating 10,000 to 26,000 pounds).
Of the fatalities that resulted from crashes involving large trucks (gross vehicle weight rating greater than 10,000 pounds), 78 percent were occupants of another vehicle, 8 percent were nonoccupants, and 13 percent were occupants of a large truck.
Please be safe out there !!!!!!!!!!!
Last up dated 07-26-2006
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