channel1la.com
4/3/2024
Andrew T. Ryan
PRINCIPAL LAWYER
The Ryan Law Group, a Personal Injury Law Firm based in Manhattan Beach, CA, queried data using FIRST (Fatality and Injury Reporting System Tool), a tool provided by the NHTSA. The data covered fatality-involved car accidents through the whole state of California, covering the years 2017 to 2022.
After analysis, the data showed that overall, distracted-driving related collisions seem to be down by about 1% since 2017.
While this number isn’t necessarily substantial, it is a small improvement. On average, the month of July has the highest occurrences of distracted-driving related accidents. When it comes to age group, there is no significant difference between young drivers (15-20) and older drivers (65+) when it comes to involvement in distracted-driving related accidents.According to the NHTSA, texting and driving, one of the primary ways people become distracted while driving, is six times more likely to cause a car accident than drunk driving. However, DUI still remains one of the biggest causes of fatal accidents, accounting for nearly 50% of all fatal accidents, on average.
For DUI-involved collisions, July also remains the deadliest month.