In Texas, we have to drive every day to get anywhere. We often take roadway safety for granted without realizing the danger this everyday act of driving presents. Our Pearland injury lawyers present a few startling facts as a wakeup call:
Teen driving crashes in the U.S. take 4,767 lives in a single year and cost an estimated $42.3 billion.
Crashes resulting from drunken and impaired driving claim 9,876 lives in a year at a cost of $132 billion, or more than half the annual economic cost from all motor vehicle crashes put together.
Distracted driving results in the loss of at least 3,331 lives per year.
4,612 motorcyclists died in 2011 crashes, accounting for 14% of all traffic fatalities. Our Pearland injury lawyers note that motorcyclists represent less than 5% of drivers.
Each day nearly 90 people die and about 6,000 receive injuries in U.S. traffic crashes.
Each year sees over 5 million crashes, 32,000 deaths, and 2.2 million injuries on America’s roads at an annual cost of more than $230 billion in property loss, productivity loss, medical expenses, emergency response costs, and other related expenses – or $750 for every American every year.
Car crashes remain the leading cause of death in the U.S. for people between the ages of 5 and 24.
1,140 children of ages 14 and younger died in U.S. motor vehicle crashes in 2011.
A motor vehicle crash costs a critically injured survivor an average of $1.1 million.
Motor vehicle crashes cost Texans $19.761 billion in a single year.
(Source: The 2013 Roadmap of State Highway Safety Laws, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, using data from the U.S. NHTSA and other agencies)
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The Pearland injury lawyers at Denena Points, PC provide a free and confidential legal consultation to discuss your case and evaluate your potential for financial compensation after a serious injury. You have no obligation to hire an attorney. And we’ll be completely honest with you about your legal alternatives and financial recovery prospects. Our firm bears the financial risk of any injury case you undertake with us. We don’t charge you attorney’s fees unless we win your case for you.
So contact our Pearland injury lawyers today and begin your journey down the road to recovery after a serious injury accident. We can be reached direct at 281-369-4363 or anytime through our online contact form.