car crashes & you

There are a number of car crashes that happen every day.

Even now someone is getting into a car wreck unfortunately.

Car crashes are a hazard to the people that are involved in them, the owners of the

property damaged, and also the friends and families that are separated due to the crash.

With that said there must be a way to minimize the number of car wrecks that

happen every day.

In my personal opinion the best way to accomplish this is to educate people.

With that said by making people aware of the horrors of car crashes hopefully drivers will remember to drive defensively, so that

the number of wrecks that occur can decrease.

The report finds that individuals aged 15-29 were the highest risk for motor car crash

injuries.

They alone made up almost 1 million of the 2.5 million (38%) documented injuries for

2012.

However, the highest percentage of hospitalized individuals came from the 80 years or older demographic, where 33% of them ended up requiring hospitalization.

The average cost for an emergency room visit was around $3,300 while the average

hospitalization bill was approximately $57,000 over the course of a lifetime.

75% of these costs were occurred in the first 18 months after the crash.

Despite the findings, there is good news.

Compared to 2002, there were 400,000 fewer emergency room visits and 5,700

fewer hospital stays in 2012.

The CDC estimates that $1.7 billion was saved in medical costs and $2.3 billion was saved in work loss due to efforts over the

years to enhance driver safety.

Although car crashes have reduced in volume over the years, there is still quite a

bit of room for improvement.

The CDC recognizes 12 effective motor vehicle injury prevention techniques proven

to reduce the risk to drivers and that increase driver safety while driving.

Some examples are sobriety checkpoints and ignition locks for convicted drinking and driving, a more comprehensive driver licensing system for

teens, improved child safety with required car/booster seats for children under 8 or less than 57 inches tall, and seat belt laws for everyone in

the car.

Drivers who are equipped with these suggested state safety regulations and safer and smarter cars on the road, motor car crashes should be primed to see a significant decrease in lifetime emergency room, hospitalization and insurance

costs in the future.