Talkcdl Trucking Podcast

HOW MANY ACCIDENT WILL YOU HAVE IN A LIFE TIMEyour life time.. Did you know the average person will be in an accident on average, every 17 year? So the average person will be in some form of accident at least 4 times in a life time. According to the car insurance industry, you will have an average of 3 to 4 accidents in you life time. Not every accident will be deadly. Of the ten million accidents that occur every year in the United States, only 3 out of every 1000 wrecks will have a fatality involved. This is according to the National Safety Council. You are more likely to be injured in an accident than killed. According to Injurylawyers.com, 1,889,000 people were injured in automobile accidents in 2017. Accidents involving semi-trucks are far less than automobile accidents. According to WKW.com in 2016 there were 151,246 crashes involving big rigs with 75,631 injuries and 4,655 fatalities. In 2017 there were 153,254 crashes, 75,190 injuries, 4,586 fatalities with semi trucks and in 2018 40,249 cras