The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) says "crashes are not accidents." Accidents are described as crashes that occur without anyone's fault or negligence. In most crashes, people involved usually accept responsibility for for the crash.
Statistics
Fatalities are finally declining. We all need to do what we can to continue to reduce avoidable crashes that cost valuable lives.
The following statistics were obtained from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Ohio Crash Facts: 2009 Data,published by the Ohio Department of Public Safety.
All motorists, motorcyclists, bicyclists and pedestrians:
2009 USA Stats
33,808 fatalities on the United States highways
93 people died every day
4 people died every hour
4,092 Pedestrians were killed
11 pedestrians died every day
630 Bicyclists were killed
14% of bicyclists who were killed were age 15 and under
After 11 years of increasing motorcyclist fatalities, fatalities started declining in 2009
4,462 Motorcyclists died on US highways in one year
12 motorcyclists killed every day
Too many innocent people are losing their lives on our highways. We lose more people on our highways in one year than we've lost in the Iraq and Afganistan wars.
Our young men and women are dying for us to live in a free country. We need to fight our own war in the United States. A war to reduce highway fatalities. We need to do all we can to protect the lives of those they serve.
Something has to be done to reduce traffic crashes. We believe that if motorists learn the significant impact that their actions have on innocent vicitims and families, most will be more aware of their actions, careful and less negligent, thereby, avoidable tragedies will be reduced.It is up to all of us, as motorists, to take action to prevent horrible, life changing tragedies that are avoidable.