Motor vehicle accidents kill thousands of people every year and it is the number one cause of deaths in people ages 3 to 35. But driving fatalities have dropped to their lowest level since the numbers were first recorded 55 years ago, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Transportation to be released today.
Overall traffic fatalities reported at the end of 2009 declined for the 15th consecutive quarter, according to the report.
The number of highway fatalities declined 8.9 percent last year to 33,963 from 37,261 in 2008, according to projections.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration attributed the decline to a number of factors, including safer roads, safer vehicles, stricter laws, and enforcement campaigns. Plus people driving habits have changed their driving habits due to the economy and they are driving less.
However the roads are still deadly. Statistics show that 80 percent of all crashes and 65 percent of near-crashes resulted from some kind of distraction experienced when drivers were either eating or drinking, reading, listening to music, or talking texting on their cell phones.
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