"These are photos from the ENDD (End Distracted Driving) presentation at Gallatin High School whereby an entire distracted driving crash reenactment took place on October 23rd. I am a nationally certified speaker and presenter of the ENND program. I spoke to approximately 2,000 teachers and students after a distracted driving reenactment involving EMS and Life Flight. I have done the presentation at Gallatin, Beech, and Westmoreland High Schools over the last two years. Totaling an impact on over 4,000 students, teachers, and staff educating them on the damagers and reality of distracted driving." - Jason Denton, Personal Injury Lawyer, RMA Law
37,461 lives were lost on U.S. roads in 2016, an increase of 5.6% from 2015 (data not yet available for 2017) NHTSA
10% of fatal crashes and 15% of injury crashes in 2015 were distraction-affected. NHTSA . (The NSC estimates that cell phone-related crashes alone accounted for 27% of 2015 car crashes – let alone other distractions)
In 2015, there were 3,477 people killed and an estimated additional 391,000 injured in crashes involving distracted drivers NHTSA
The fatal crash rate for teens is 3 times greater than for drivers age 20 and over (IIHS), with driver distraction responsible for more than 58% of teen crashes AAA Foundation
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