Car accidents are such common place in our society that many just write them off as a fact of life. It is true that accidents can happen, but more times than not it was someone’s carelessness that led to the crash.
Check out these 10 facts that you didn’t know about car accidents.

1. 40 percent of all fatal accidents involve alcohol

2. The first speeding ticket was issued in 1904—the speedster was traveling at an astounding 12 miles per hour.

3. It is estimated that a motorist will curse 32,000 times in their life while operating a car or truck.

4. The first car used a lever not a steering wheel to direct the car.

5. Each year approximately 15 pedestrian students are killed by school buses—most often these accidents occur after school is out.

6. Vehicle rollovers are the most deadly type of car accidents.

7. According to various research men actually cause twice as many accidents as women.

8. Teens are at a much higher risk of being injured or killed in car accidents. Each year 300,000 are injured and 5,000 are killed on average.

9. The average text message takes 4.6 seconds to write and send. While driving that would take your eyes off the road long enough to drive the length of a football field blind if you are travelling at 55 miles per hour.

10. In the time it took you to read this list there have been four car accidents. Statistics show that car accidents that involve injury occur every 14 seconds and every 12 minutes a car accident will be fatal.

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