One out of every five drivers will be involved in a traffic accident this year.

In 2006, there were an estimated 5,973,000 police-reported traffic crashes, in which 42,642 people were killed and 2,575,000 people were injured.

Traffic Accident deaths are the leading cause of death for all age groups between the ages of 2 and 34.

In the year 2006, the economic cost due to motor vehicle accidents was calculated to be $230.6 billion.

In 2006, an average of 117 people died each day in motor vehicle crashes. In 2006, one person died in a motor vehicle crash approximately every 12 minutes.