Traffic Safety Facts: Distracted Driving 2009

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Distraction
  • Drivers
  • Driving
  • Traffic safety
  • Human factors
  • Human factors in crashes
  • Crash data
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT HS 811 379
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  National Center for Statistics and Analysis (U.S.)
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway Safety ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Human Factors ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITY ; NTL-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES-Statistics
• Abstract:
  In 2009, there were 30,797 fatal crashes in the United States, which involved 45,230 drivers. In those crashes, 33,808 people were killed. Distraction was reported for 11 percent (5,084) of the drivers involved in fatal crashes. In these crashes reported to have involved some form of distraction, 5,474 fatalities (16% of overall fatalities) occurred. Table 1 provides information about fatal crashes with reported distraction from 2005 through 2009.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/5992/dot_5992_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 373.92 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:032cfdbe0b36e0f59e4c2ae71932983c27868cb332306216d231d4b7eb48bfec