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Table 6-5 Distraction-Affected Motor Vehicle Crashes and Distraction-Affected Crashes Involving Cell Phone Use: 2010-2013

Thursday, March 31, 2016

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  Total Crashes
Crashes
Fatal Crash   Injury Crash   PDO Crash   Total
2010 30,296   1,542,000   3,847,000   5,419,000
2011 29,867   1,530,000   3,778,000   5,338,000
2012 31,006   1,634,000   3,950,000   5,615,000
2013 30,057   1,591,000   4,066,000   5,687,000

 

  Distraction-Affected Crashes
Fatal Crash % of Fatal Crashes Injury Crash % of Injury Crashes PDO Crash % of PDO Crashes Total % of Total
2010 2,993 9.9% 279,000 18.1% 618,000 16% 900,000 16.6%
2011 3,047 10.2% 260,000 17.0% 563,000 15% 826,000 15.5%
2012 3,098 10.0% 286,000 17.5% 619,000 16% 908,000 16.2%
2013 2,910 9.7% 284,000 17.9% 616,000 15% 904,000 15.9%

KEY: D-A = distraction-affected; PDO = property damage only.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Distracted Driving 2013

(April 2015), Table 6. Available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/ as of July 2015.