94 percent of transportation deaths are from motor vehicle crashes. Vehicle crashes also make up 99 percent of non-fatal transportation injuries.
Motor vehicle crashes account for more than 90% of all transportation-related fatalities.
Side impact crashes account for approximately 27% of all motor vehicle crashes in the United States. These types of crashes typically result in a higher rate of serious injuries and fatalities due to the limited protection on the sides of vehicles.
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In 2006, there were 43,470 fatalities in crashes involving an alcohol-impaired driver (BAC of .08 or higher) - 47 percent of total traffic fatalities for the year.
There were 16,885 alcohol-related fatalities in 2005 in the US - 39 percent of the total traffic fatalities for the year. Dept of Transportation
Drivers with a BAC of .016 (twice the legal limit) account for at least half of all alcohol-related traffic fatalities.
The U.S. Department of Transportation estimate there are around 500,000 truck crashes each year. Only 16 percent of the time is the truck driver at fault.
about 27 percent of teen crashes are related to drugs
In 2007, 12,998 people were killed in alcohol-impaired-driving crashes. These alcohol-impaired-driving fatalities accounted for 32 percent of the total motor vehicle traffic fatalities in the United States. (US Department of Transportation)
The following represents facts and figures regarding large truck accidents and the serious damages they inflict on our roadways every year. One out of eight traffic fatalities in 2005 resulted from a collision involving a large truck. In 2005, 442,000 large trucks (gross vehicle weight rating greater than 10,000 pounds) were involved in traffic crashes in the United States; 4,932 were involved in fatal crashes. A total of 5,212 people died (12 percent of all the traffic fatalities reported in 2005) and an additional 114,000 were injured in those crashes. In 2005, large trucks accounted for 8 percent of all vehicles involved in fatal crashes and 4 percent of all vehicles involved in injury and property-damage-only crashes.