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PERSONAL INJURY LAW

SOURCENational Highway Traffic Safety Administration, “Traffic Safety Performance Measures for Florida, 2012”

http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-30/ncsa/STSI/12_FL/2012/12_FL_2012.pdf powered by

DAVID J. GLATTHORN

PERSONAL INJURY LAW

SOUTH FLORIDA

CAR ACCIDENTST H E I N F O G R A P H I C

FLORIDA WAS THE THIRD DEADLIEST STATE FOR DRIVERS IN 2012,WITH 2,424 REPORTED FATALITIES

That’s over

TWICE as many

FATAL ACCIDENTS as New York,despite similar population sizes.

Only

TEXAS(3,398 fatalities)&

CALIFORNIA(2,857 fatalities)

reported MOREFATALITIESTHAN FLORIDA in 2012

SOUTH FLORIDA COUNTIES (MIAMI-DADE, BROWARD, AND PALM BEACH) WERE AMONG FLORIDA’S TOP 5 DEADLIEST COUNTIES

FOR DRIVERS IN 2012

548PEOPLE

WERE KILLED inMiami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach County

VEHICLE ACCIDENTSin 2012 alone

That is nearly

ONE IN FOURfatal accidents in Florida

occurred in theMORE FATAL ACCIDENTS

MIAMI - FORT LAUDERDALE - PALM BEACH

area alone in 2012 than in

27 ENTIRE STATESIf Miami-Dade, Broward, andPalm Beach Countieswere their own statethey would rank 24THIN CAR ACCIDENT FATALITIES in 2012

WHAT ARE SOUTH FLORIDA’S MOST DANGEROUS ROADS FOR DRIVERS?

FORT LAUDERDALE

INTERSTATE 95

MILITARY TRAIL

ROUTE 281

STATE ROAD 7

INTERSTATE 595

ROUTE 1

frequently voted America’s Most Dangerous Road

Port Everglades Expressway

WHAT ARE COMMON CAUSES OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN SOUTH FLORIDA?

RECKLESSDRIVING

DRUNKDRIVING

ONE IN FIVEfatal drunk drivingaccidents happenin South Florida

SPEEDING

ONE IN FOURfatal high-speedaccidents happenin South Florida

DISTRACTEDDRIVING

including texting& cell phone use