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Car Accidents The Infographic

General Crash Data From 2012

A total of

230,506 peopleWERE INJUREDin Texas motor vehicle crashes in 2012 with

87,087 peoplesustaining SERIOUS

INJURIESin these accidents3,399 people

WERE KILLEDin car and truck accidents

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1,296 fatal

UNDER THEINFLUENCE

OF ALCOHOL

motor vehicle accidentsinvolved a driver who was

which is 38% of total fatal accidentsEVERY DAYA car or truck accidentfatalitiy was recorded

in 2012December 2012

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Texas Fatalities by Vehicle Types:

1,180 peoplein pickup trucks,

utility trucks, and vanswere killed in accidents

( 35% )

1,044 peoplein passenger vehicles

were killed in accidents( 31% )

559 peoplebicyclists & pedestrians

were killed in accidents( 16% )

452 peoplemotorcyclists

were killed in accidents( 13% )

135 peoplewere killed in accidentswith large trucks

( 4% )

36 peoplewere killed in other

types of traffic accidents( 1% )

Car Acidents in Texas

There were360 CAR & TRUCKACCIDENT FATALITIES

in HARRIS COUNTY

and25,903 CRASHES THAT RESULTED IN INJURIES

According to the NHTSA, MORE ACCIDENT FATALITIESoccured in the GREATER

HOUSTON AREA than the entire

states of Oregon, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, West Virginia, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, or Delawareover the course of 2012

Sources:http://ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot-info/trf/crash_statistics/2012/01_2012.pdfhttp://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-30/ncsa/STSI/48_TX/2012/48_TX_2012.htmhttp://ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot-info/trf/crash_statistics/2012/12_2012.pdfhttp://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-30/ncsa/STSI/USA%20WEB%20REPORT.HTM powered by

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What Are The Most Common Types of Fatal Car Accident in Texas?

50.2%44.7%

36.7%

18.6%

30%

38.1%

VEERING OFFTHE ROAD

involved a vehicle

MORE THANONE VEHICLE

involved

DRUNKDRIVER

involved a

SPEEDING

involved adriver who was

VEHICLEROLLOVER

involved a

INTERSECTIONS

occured or wererelated to

Percentage of Fatal Accidents that:

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