Distracted Driving Awareness Month
- 21% of teen drivers involved in a car accident were distracted by cell phones
- 9 people are killed every day due to car crashed involving a distracted driver
- Distracted drivers are responsible for about 2.5 million car crashed annually
- Texting and driving is 6x more likely to lead to a car accident than driving drunk
- Parents with children in the car have an 87% change of crashing due to distraction
- Drunk driving is responsible for about 10,000 fatal crashes and traffic fatalities annually.