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We recently obtained the largest personal injury settlement in New York State history
Additional Settlements:
$14.8 million to a police officer who was paralyzed while driving an ATV
$2,000,000 Settlement In Wrongful Death Of 32-Year-Old Mother of Three
$2,900,000 Jury Verdict Awarded to Cancer Patient
$1,300,000 for Painter Injured in Fall from Scaffold
$2,749,000 Payout For Executive Hit On Cross Island Parkway
Auto Accident Facts:
There were an estimated 6,420,000 cars involved in accidents in the US in 2006. The cost of these accidents exceeds 230+ Billion dollars. There were about 2.9 million injury cases and 42,636 car accident deaths. An average of 115 persons die each day in motor vehicle crashes in the United States -- one every 13 minutes. According to the World Health Organization about 3000 people die in crashes each day worldwide.
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National Car Accident Statistics
- There are more than six million car accidents each year in the United States.
- A person dies in a car accident every 12 minutes and each year car crashes kill
40,000 people.
- The leading cause of death for individuals between 2 and 34 years old is motor
vehicle crashes.
- Someone is injured by a car crash every 14 seconds and about two million of the
people injured in car accidents each year suffer permanent injuries.
- Over 25% of all drivers were involved in an auto accident in a five-year period.
- Excessive speed is the second most common cause of deadly auto accidents,
which accounts for about 30% of fatal accidents.
- Car crashes cost each American more than $1,000 a year; $164.2 billion is the
total cost each year across the United States.
- Car accidents are the leading cause of death for kids between 2 and 14; About
2,000 children die each year from injuries caused by car accidents.
- Each year, almost 250,000 children are injured in car crashes, meaning nearly
700 kids are harmed every day.
- Car accidents are the leading cause of acquired disability nationwide.
2009 Car Accident Statistics
- In 2009, the number of overall traffic fatalities reached a record low since 1961.
- The number of car crash deaths in 2009, 37,261.
- The 2009 passenger car occupant fatalities accounted for 25,351 deaths.
- Motor vehicle traffic crashes injured about 2.35 million people in 2009.
- In 2009, there were a total of over 5.8 million car crashes, 1,630,000 causing injury, 4,146,000 resulting in property-damage only, and 34,017 ending in death.
- There were 15,983 urban crash fatalities in 2009.
- Car accident deaths in rural crashes totaled 20,905.
2007-2008 National Single-Vehicle Accident Statistics
- In 2007, 59% of fatal crashes involved only one vehicle, as compared with 33% of
injury crashes and 31% of property-damage-only crashes.
- Among drivers ages 16-19 involved in fatal crashes in 2008, 49% were involved in
single-vehicle crashes.
Cell Phones, Text Messaging, and Car Accident Information for All Drivers
- Talking on a cell phone causes nearly 25% of car accidents.
- One-fifth of experienced adult drivers in the United States send text messages
while driving.
- In 2009 almost 6,000 people were killed and a half-million were injured in crashes
related to driver distraction.
- At any given time during daylight hours in 2009, 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 likely to result in an accident than
driving while intoxicated.
- A study of dangerous driver behavior released in January 2007 by Nationwide
Mutual Insurance Co. found that of 1,200 surveyed drivers, 73% talk on cell
phones while driving. The same 2007 survey found that 19% of motorists say they text message while driving.
- In 2005, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that 10% of
drivers are on handheld or hands free cell phones at any given hour of the day.
- A study conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Motorists found
that motorists who use cell phones while driving are four times more likely to get
into crashes serious enough to injure themselves.
- In 2002, the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis calculated that 2,600 people die
each year as a result of using cellphones while driving. They estimated that
another 330,000 are injured.
- According to the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, drivers talking on cell
phones are 18% slower to react to brake lights. They also take 17% longer to
regain the speed they lost when they braked
- Of cell phone users that were surveyed, 85% said they use their phones
occasionally when driving, 30% use their phones while driving on the highway,
and 27% use them during half or more of the trips they take.
- 84% of cell phone users stated that they believe using a cell phone while driving
increases the risk of being in an accident.
- The majority of Americans believe that talking on the phone and texting are two of the most dangerous behaviors that occur behind the wheel. Still, as many as
81% of drivers admit to making phone calls while driving.
- The number of crashes and near-crashes linked to dialing is nearly identical to
the number associated with talking or listening. Dialing is more dangerous but
occurs less often than talking or listening.
- Studies have found that texting while driving causes a 400% increase in time
spent with eyes off the road.
Motorcycle Statistics for Accidents and Crashes
- In 2008, 5,290 bikers were killed – an increase of 2% from 2007.
- 59% of the bikers killed in 2008 were not wearing helmets.
- Of the motorcycle operators killed in 2008, 30% had a BAC of .08 or higher.
- There were 96,000 bikers injured during 2008.
- In 2008, motorcycle riders accounted for 14% of total traffic fatalities, 17% of all
occupant fatalities, and 4% of all occupants injured.
- 35% of all bikers involved in fatal crashes in 2008 were speeding.
- In 2008, 2,554 (47%) of all motorcycles involved in fatal crashes collided with
another type of moving vehicle.
- Per vehicle mile traveled, bikers are about 37 times more likely than passenger
car occupants to die in a crash and 9 times more likely to be injured.
- In 2008, 25% of the motorcycles involved in fatal crashes collided with fixed
objects, compared to 19% for cars, 14% for light trucks, and 4% for heavy trucks.
- One out of four motorcycle riders in fatal crashes in 2008 were riding their
vehicles with an invalid license.
- Helmets are estimated to be 37% effective in preventing fatal injuries to
motorcycle riders and 41% for motorcycle passengers.
- During 2008, 346 young motorcycle riders (age 15-20) were killed and an
additional 8,000 were injured.
- 35% of the bikers between 15 and 20 who were fatally injured in crashes in 2008
were not wearing helmets.
- Of the young motorcycle operators (ages 15-20) involved in fatal crashes in 2008,
more than one-third (43%) were either unlicensed or driving with an invalid license.
- In 2008, 26% of the young male motorcycle operators involved in fatal crashes
had been drinking at the time of the crash, compared with 13% of the young
female operators involved in fatal crashes.
- Motorcyclist fatalities reached 5,290 in 2008, accounting for 14% of total crash
fatalities.
- This is the 11th consecutive year that there has been an increase in motorcycle
crash deaths.
- The number of individuals injured in motorcycle crashes has decreased for the
first time since 1998, declining 6.8%.
Statistics sources include:
"Motorcycle Crashes" by the Insurance Information Institute.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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