Interesting Distracted Driving Facts

CTV News — The number of deaths from distracted driving are on track to double the number of fatalities related to impaired driving…
Rates.ca — Distracted Driving is now the number one risk on Canadian roads contributing to 8 in 10 collisions.
National Safety Council Statistics — About 26% of all car crashes involve phone use, including hands-free phone use.
Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, 2010 — Drivers who text are 23 times more likely to be involved in a crash or near crash compared with non-distracted drivers.
Insurance Bureau of Canada — Nearly 3 out of 4 Canadian drivers admit to driving distracted. You are 23 times more likely to crash if you text while driving.
ThinkInsure.ca — Dialing your phone increase your chances of an accident by 2.8 times.
ThinkInsure.ca — Smartphones are the most common form of distraction for drivers.
ThinkInsure.ca — … it’s estimated that about 11 teens die every day as a result of texting and driving. (US statistic)
ThinkInsure.ca — … texting while driving is 6 times more likely to cause an accident than driving drunk.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (US) — In 2015 alone, 3,477 people were killed, and 391,000 were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving distracted drivers.
NPR — When Apple’s iOS 11 update comes out this fall, it will include a “Do Not Disturb While Driving” mode.