Stats & Facts
Don’t become a statistic!
Think you’re invincible behind the wheel? Think again. Use these stats to check yourself, avoid distractions, and keep it safe on Alabama’s roads.
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Only 3.8% of people involved in crashes were not using safety restraints; however almost 60% of all fatalities were not restrained.
Pedestrian fatalities have increased 25% since 2014, largely due to being distracted by phones.
Alabamians have a greater than a two in five chance of involvement in an injury or fatal crash operating a vehicle over their lifetimes.
Of all fatal car crashes, 53% occurred at night (including dusk to dawn).
In Alabama in 2023, there were 83 collisions at rail crossings, resulting in 33 injuries and nine fatalities.
Every three hours in the United States, a vehicle or person is hit by a train.
Almost 98% of people involved in crashes but not harmed were reported to have been wearing their seat belts.
There were 9 fatalities with train involvement.
Most crashes occur within 25 miles of the causal driver’s home.
The Alabama Interstate System represents only 1% of the state’s total mileage, but carries 25% of the traffic volume and is responsible for 11% of fatalities.
A texting driver is 23 times more likely to get into a crash than a non-texting driver.
Over 80% of children involved in crashes but not harmed were reported to have been protected by child restraints.
Alabama has a Code of the Road, and knowing it helps you follow it.
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