• Someone is injured in an automobile accident every 14 seconds.
• Someone is killed in an automobile accident every 12 minutes, 40,000 U.S. deaths annually.
• The leading cause of death for individuals between ages 2 and 34 is automobile accidents.
• Over 2,000,000 people annually sustain permanent injury as a result of auto accidents.
• Your chance of being involved in an auto accident is 1 in 4.

Glares Impact on Driving?

• Driving an automobile is primarily a visual task, and vision contributes as much as 90% of the information needed to drive.*
• Headlight glare is now on the front of research by the National Traffic Safety Institute as it is a leading cause of nighttime crashes.
• It takes a typical driver 10 seconds to recover from headlight glare situations.
• Accident Death Rates are 3 times greater at night.
• Sun glare can be a dangerous driving hazard year round. It is an especially serious problem in early Spring and Autumn.

*Alexander & Luenfeld 1990

Weather’s Effect on Your Driving Safety?

• More than 1.5 million accidents occur in adverse weather conditions (1 out of 4 of all accidents).
• About 700,000 people are injured in an accident that occurs in adverse weather.
• 7,400 people die annually, on average, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident that occurred in adverse weather.

Statistics have been obtained from National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, U.S. Statistics & Information, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety and the Center for Auto Safety