1. Motor Vehicle Accidents

2. MVA
Motor Vehicle Accidents are by & large the most common causes of personal injury, and the leading non-natural killer in the world today.
Estimation:
115 deaths every day
10 accidents every second
100,000 serious collisions occur on US highways every year
40,000+ die from auto accidents every year. Many more are seriously injured or permanently disabled

3. Auto injuries account for nearly 25% of the 5 million people who die from injuries each year.
Three times more men than women die as a result of road traffic collisions.
59% of all driving fatalities, the person was not wearing a seatbelt.
Most accidents occur within 25 miles of home.

4. MVA’s kill & injure more than all other accidents combined.
Weapons
Water/Air Transport
Poisoning
Drowning
Accidental Falls
Fire

5. Vehicle Impact 5 types of vehicle impact: Frontal (32%) Lateral (15%)
Rotational (38%)
Rear-end (9%)
Rollover (6%)

6. Events of Impact
Each type of vehicle impact progresses through a series of 5 events:
Vehicle collision – auto hits object
Body collision – occupant’s body hits vehicle’s interior
Organ collision – body hits vehicle’s interior, slows down & stops. Tissues behind contacting surface collide, on into another, as body comes to a halt
Secondary collision – occupant is impacted by objects traveling within the auto
Addition impact – vehicle receives second impact

7. Improper Driving - Car Accidents -
61.6% of fatalities
Speeding
Right of way
Driving left of center
Improper turn
Improper passing
Following too closely

8. Most drivers engage in one or more activities while driving:
Eating
Talk on cell phone
Reading
Grooming
Movies
Radio

9. - Motorcycle Accidents -
More motorcyclist fatalities occur on rural roads
Half of the fatalities are related to negotiating a curve prior to the crash
Almost two thirds of the fatalities are associated with speeding
Almost 60% of motorcyclist fatalities occur at night
Braking and steering maneuvers contribute for almost 25% of fatalities

10. Motorcycle Accidents 3 types of motorcycle crashes
Initial bike/object collision
Rider/object collision
Rider/ground collision

11. - Semi-Truck Accidents -
Every 16 minutes, a person is killed or sustains injuries in accidents involving 18-wheelers, tractor-trailers, or semi-trucks
About 700 heavy truck drivers & passengers in truck cabs die each year. Almost 3,700 people in cars & other passenger vehicles die annually in collisions with heavy trucks

12. Never Drink & Drive
A person is killed in an alcohol-related tragedy every 20 minutes
17,000 drunk driving related deaths occur every year in the US
Hundreds of thousands of lives are affected by the deaths of drunk driving victims.

13. -Drunk Driving Victims-
Christopher Oseguera, 18
Killed by a drunk driver
January 15, 2000
Burned alive inside his jeep that caught on fire immediately after the collision

14. -Drunk Driving Victims-
Sean Adkins, 17
Killed by drunk driver
March 31, 1995
Impaired driver hit Sean’s car at 63 mph. Sean flew 106’ to his death.

15. Denise Wagoner 15 extensive surgeries Seven on face alone
Disfigured, blind
Permanent brain damage
Denise was the impaired driver

16. Denise Wagoner

17. Denise Wagoner

18. Jacqui Saburido 9/19/99 20 yrs old 2 passengers killed instantly
Hands, Hair, ears, nose, left eyelid, most of her vision
40 operations
Reggie Stephey convicted of 2 counts of manslaughter, 7 years in prison, $20,000

19. Jacqui Saburido

20. Jacqui Saburido