(Below information is taken from the 2006 NHTSA Traffic Safety Data Review - Below numbers are approximations : VIEW FULL REPORT  VIA LINK BELOW )

Car Crashes Are:

• The #1 killer of teenagers in America (31.3% of National Deaths)
• The leading cause of death & injury for every age from 2 - 34

2006, Crash Death by Numbers:

•  43,000 killed
• 118 died daily
• 1 death every 12 minutes

2006 Crash Summaries:

• 6 million police-reported traffic crashes
• One crash every 5 seconds
• 2.6 million people injured
• $230.6 billion - economic costs

2006 Seat Belts summaries:

• 15,400 - lives saved by the use of a seat belt
• Over 55% of passenger vehicle occupants killed were UN-restrained
• 58% of 16-20 yr. olds killed were not buckled
• Seat belts, when used reduce the risk of fatal injury to a front seat passenger by 45%

2006 Alcohol-Impaired Summaries:

• 13,470 killed in alcohol-impaired driving crashes
• 1 alcohol related death every 39 minutes