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  • NCSA Crash*Stats 'Early Estimate of Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities for the First Half (January-June) of 2012' (DOT-HS-811-680), This Crash*Stats provides a statistical projection of traffic fatalities for the first half of 2012, which shows that an estimated 16,290 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes. This represents an increase of about 9.0 percent as compared to the estimated 14,950 fatalities that occurred in the first half of 2011.
  • NCSA Research Note: “Distracted Driving 2010” (DOT-HS-811-650), Distracted driving is a behavior dangerous to drivers, passengers, and nonoccupants alike. Distraction is a specific type of inattention that occurs when drivers divert their attention from the driving task to focus on some other activity instead. Nine percent of fatal crashes in 2010 were reported as distraction-affected crashes.
  • NCSA Data Sheet: “Teen Distracted Driver Data” (DOT-HS-811-649), This 2010 Data Sheet provides the most current data on teens and distracted driving. A total of 3,092 persons were killed in distraction-affected crashes in 2010. A total of 307 teens (15 to 19 years old) were killed in distraction-affected crashes in 2010.
  • NCSA 2010 Traffic Safety Fact Sheet "School Transportation-Related Crashes" (DOT-HS-811-618), A school transportation-related crash is a crash which involves, either directly or indirectly, a school bus body vehicle, or a non-school bus functioning as a school bus, transporting children to or from school or school-related activities. Since 2001 there were 363,839 fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes, of those, 1,236 (0.34%) were classified as school transportation-related.
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