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Originally Posted by bobby666
that's why i am so afraid of flying
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But yet this doesn't seem to bother anyone:
On an average, there are more than 6 million car accidents on the roads of the US, annually.
More than 3 million people get injured due to car accidents, with more than 2 million of these injuries being permanent.
There are in excess of 40,000 deaths due to car accidents every year. Although this is a very high number by itself, some heart can be taken in the fact that statistics show that car accident fatalities have been witnessing a downward trend in recent years.
The majority of car accidents could be avoided if only the drivers would drive more responsibly. About 40% of car accident fatalities occur because of a drunken driver. About 30% of the car accident fatalities can be attributed to driving above the speed limits and 33% and above because of reckless driving that causes the car to go off the road and result in an accident.
The majority of car accident victims are the drivers, then the passengers of the car, followed by pedestrians, and lastly cyclists.
Every 12 minutes, one person dies because of a car accident. Every 14 seconds, a car accident results in an injured victim.
More:
http://www.lawcore.com/car-accident/statistics.html
Plane crashes are terrible of course but that many people die every day in auto accidents and everyone just goes about their business as if nothing is happening.