Car Accident News: Distracted Driving, Cell Phone Use Facts and Statistics
Earlier this year, the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) published statistics on the impact of distracted driving generally and cell phone use or texting in particular. Some highlights include:
- 80 percent of car accidents involve distracted drivers.
- Talking on a cell phone or texting is the leading cause of distracted driving crashes.
- 61 percent of Californians said that they had been hit or nearly hit by a driver who was talking or texting on a cell phone, according to a 2014 survey.
- According to the California DMV, there were over 426,000 convictions for cell phone and texting use in 2013.
The OTS’s information and statistics regarding distracted driving and cell phone use was published on its website (visit OTS website), and the OTS’s fact sheet on distracted driving (Word format) can be downloaded here: 2015AprilDistractedDrivingMonthFactSheet.docx.
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