Dallas Car Accident

Motor vehicle accidents claim over 42,000 lives nationwide each year. These accidents cost Americans $230 Billion in loss of property, medical bills and productivity loss.

About 30 percent of all car accidents are alcohol releated. It is estimated that someone is killed every thirty-one minutes and an automobile accident injury occurs every two minutes.

According to research, in 2005, over 14,000 traffic fatalities occurred in vehicles in which at least one driver or non-occupant had a BAC of 0.08 or greater.

Soure: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

50% of the people killed in automobile accidents die simply because they aren't wearing a seat belt. It's proven.. seat belts save lives! Seat belts have been credited with preventing 12,000 fatalities and over 325,000 injuries annually.

60% of children die in car accident crashes because they aren't wearing their seat belts.

Automobile Crashworthiness involves reducing the severity of injury or preventing death as a result of an accident through the use of safety mechanisms and measures. Crashworthiness may be determined by analyzing the outcome of a crash or by using technology such as computerized models and experiments. Criteria used to determine crashworthiness of a vehicle include patterns of deformity in the automobile structure, vehicle acceleration occurring during a crash and the probability of an injury determined by computer models.

The overall crashworthy rating of a vehicle is its abilty to prevent injuries from a collision. Crashworthiness measures include airbags, seatbelts, roll bars, side impact airbags and crumple zones.

Crashworthiness Ratings for SUVs & Trucks

NHTSA's Crash Test Scores

Vehicle Safety Database