Car crashes cost 871 billion a year

According to this article in the USA Today, car accidents cost 871 billion a year. That's huge.



Staggering toll: Car crashes cost $871 billion a year


From an article at rmiia.org, in 2012 there were 5.4 million car accidents, 2.36 million injuries, and 33,561 fatalities.

These are pretty big numbers.


http://www.rmiia.org/auto/traffic_safety/Cost_of_crashes.asp

If it were a disease, it'd be considered an epidemic. And these numbers don't really change a lot from year to year.

Let's be safe out there.