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1. There are a number of car crashes that
happen every day.

2. Even now someone is getting into a car
wreck unfortunately.

3. Car crashes are a hazard to the people that
are involved in them, the owners of the
property damaged, and also the friends and
families that are separated due to the crash.

4. With that said there must be a way to
minimize the number of car wrecks that
happen every day.

5. In my personal opinion the best way to
accomplish this is to educate people.

6. With that said by making people aware of
the horrors of car crashes hopefully drivers
will remember to drive defensively, so that
the number of wrecks that occur can
decrease.

7. The report finds that individuals aged 15-29
were the highest risk for motor car crash
injuries.

8. They alone made up almost 1 million of the
2.5 million (38%) documented injuries for
2012.

9. However, the highest percentage of
hospitalized individuals came from the 80
years or older demographic, where 33% of
them ended up requiring hospitalization.

10. The average cost for an emergency room
visit was around $3,300 while the average
hospitalization bill was approximately
$57,000 over the course of a lifetime.

11. 75% of these costs were occurred in the first
18 months after the crash.

12. Despite the findings, there is good news.

13. Compared to 2002, there were 400,000
fewer emergency room visits and 5,700
fewer hospital stays in 2012.

14. The CDC estimates that $1.7 billion was
saved in medical costs and $2.3 billion was
saved in work loss due to efforts over the
years to enhance driver safety.

15. Although car crashes have reduced in
volume over the years, there is still quite a
bit of room for improvement.

16. The CDC recognizes 12 effective motor
vehicle injury prevention techniques proven
to reduce the risk to drivers and that
increase driver safety while driving.

17. Some examples are sobriety checkpoints and
ignition locks for convicted drinking and driving, a
more comprehensive driver licensing system for
teens, improved child safety with required
car/booster seats for children under 8 or less than
57 inches tall, and seat belt laws for everyone in
the car.

18. Drivers who are equipped with these suggested
state safety regulations and safer and smarter
cars on the road, motor car crashes should be
primed to see a significant decrease in lifetime
emergency room, hospitalization and insurance
costs in the future.