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That is impossible to answer accurately because so many auto accidents go unreported to either police or insurance companies.
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In the whole world, millions of accidents occur every day. There are accidental accidents of course, and if there were only that many, there wouldn't be too much of a problem. Naturally though, there are more than that: Drunk driving accidents, Suicidal driving accidents, Drug induced accidents, and the occasional hitting of pedestrians, bikers, etc. Ultimately, you can't count the number of accidents because of classification in the court systems and whether an accident is counted as one or not (and that brings up a lot of legal things that I won't go into).
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Over a thousand train accidents occur per year in Canada. In 2009 alone, there were 1038 accidents. Almost 50% of these were non-main-track train derailments. Almost 18% were crossing accidents, and these crossing accidents resulted in 19 fatalities.
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Yes. Several studies have shown that approximately 20% of all highway vehicle accidents occur because of driver fatigue. Many officials consider driver fatigue to be as large of a problem as drunk driving.
I think accidentas occur in big cities rather than a small town. And it would affect the rate because not many people in big cities drive nor walk.The probability of accidents increases as the number of people and cars increases. So a big city would have more chances for accidents to happen.
It is said that about 800 people die each year from bicycle accidents. The majority of these accidents are involving children under 18 and it is statistically proven that more males happen to get into bicycle accidents.
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we don't know the exact # estimate 52.6% or less...
According to the National Safety Council, 1.4 million accidents occur every year due to people using their cell phones. 200,000 of those accidents alone are from texting while driving.