COMPANY SPOTLIGHT
in nearly 50 years. Unfortunately according
to a statistical projection, motor vehicle traffic
fatalities rose 10.4 percent in the first half of
2016 compared with a year ago. Important
to note, that there was a 3.3 percent increase
in vehicle miles traveled at the same time.
Injuries: In 2015 an estimated 2.44 million
people were injured in motor vehicle crashes.
Work Related: In 2014 crashes involving
vehicles on public roadways were the leading
cause of work – related fatalities, accounting
for 23 percent of all work place fatalities,
according to the U.S Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
Costs of Motor Vehicle Crashes:
According to the NHTSA, the economic
cost of motor vehicle crashes (police reported
and unreported) totaled $277 billion in
2010, amounting to almost $897 for every
person living in the U.S. and for 1.9 percent
of the U.S. gross Domestic Product. These
costs include medical, lost productivity, legal,
emergency service, insurance administration,
property damage, workplace and other.
Quality of life valuations from crashes added
$594 billion to the cost, bringing the total to
$871 billion. Property damage costs of $76.2
billion accounted for 28 percent of total
economic costs. Lost productivity costs were
$70.2 billion or 25 percent of the economic
cost. Medical costs, both present and future,
accounted for $34.9 billion or 13 percent of
the economic cost.
Distracted Driving: Activities that take
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