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Annual Cost of Motor Vehicle Accidents

Motor vehicle accidents cost the country $99 billion a year. This value represents is a combination of direct medical costs, lost wages and productivity and disability costs.

• $70 billion for fatal and non-fatal crash-related injures for people riding in motor vehicles.
• $12 billion for fatal and non-fatal crash-related injures for motorcyclists.
• $10 billion for fatal and non-fatal crash-related injures for pedestrians.
• $5 billion for fatal and non-fatal crash-related injures for bicyclists.
• Every 10 seconds, someone involved in a motor vehicle accident is treated in an emergency department.
• Nearly 40,000 people die from injuries caused by motor vehicle accidents.
• 70 percent of people killed in motor vehicle accidents are men.
• Teens represent 28 percent of all accidents and 31 percent of the cost.

*statistics provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention