Table 5-10 Distracted Driving and Motor Vehicle Crashes, Deaths and Injuries: 2005–2010
| Crashes | Fatalities | Injuries | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Distraction | Percent | Overall | Distraction | Percent | Overall | Distraction | Percent | |
| 2005 | 39,252 | 4,026 | 10.3 | 43,510 | 4,472 | 10.3 | 2,699,000 | 604,000 | 22.4 |
| 2006 | 38,648 | 5,245 | 13.6 | 42,708 | 5,836 | 13.7 | 2,575,000 | 503,000 | 19.5 |
| 2007 | 37,435 | 5,329 | 14.2 | 41,259 | 5,917 | 14.3 | 2,491,000 | 448,000 | 18.0 |
| 2008 | 34,172 | 5,307 | 15.5 | 37,423 | 5,838 | 15.6 | 2,346,000 | 466,000 | 19.9 |
| 2009 | 30,797 | 4,898 | 15.9 | 33,808 | 5,474 | 16.2 | 2,217,000 | 448,000 | 20.2 |
| 2010 | 30,196 | 2,843 | 9.4 | 32,885 | 3,092 | 9.4 | 2,239,000 | 146,000 | 18.6 |
NOTES: Distracted driving is any activity that could divert a person's attention away from the primary task of driving. All Distractions endanger driver, passenger, and bystander safety. These types of Distractions include: texting; using a cell phone or smartphone; eating and drinking; talking to passengers; grooming; reading, including maps; using a navigation system; watching a video; adjusting a radio, CD player, or MP3 player. Injury data are estimated by U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Safety Administration.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts - Distracted Driving, tables 1 and 3, available at http://www.distraction.gov/research/PDF-Files/Distracted-Driving-2009.pdf as of February 2013.