PCCA Journal 3rd Quarter 2013 - page 49

PCCA Journal|3
rd
Quarter 2013
49
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Through its Alliance Program, OSHA works with busi-
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organizations, faith- and community-based organizations,
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Study Finds Distracted
Driving Crashes Under-Reported
T
he National Safety Council recently released findings
from a recent analysis of national statistics on fatal
motor vehicle crashes, in a report entitled, “Crashes
Involving Cell Phones: Challenges of Collecting and Report-
ing Reliable Crash Data,” funded in part by Nationwide
Mutual Insurance Company. The report reviewed 180 fatal
crashes from 2009 to 2011, where evidence indicated driver
cell phone use. Of these fatal crashes, in 2011 only 52 percent
were coded in the national data as involving cell phone use.
 “We believe the number of crashes involving cell phone
use is much greater than what is being reported,” said Janet
Froetscher president and CEO of the National Safety Council.
“Many factors, from drivers not admitting cell phone use to
a lack of consistency in crash reports being used to collect
data at the scene, make it very challenging to determine an
accurate number.”
 Even when drivers admitted cell phone use during a fatal
crash, the council’s analysis found that in about one-half of
these cases, the crash was not coded in federal data. In ad-
dition, there are an unknown number of cases in which cell
phone use involvement in crashes is impossible to determine.
One example would be a driver reading an email or text mes-
sage on a phone who dies in a crash without any witnesses. 
 The report also brings up large differences in cell phone
distraction fatal crashes reported by states. For instance, in
2011, Tennessee reported 93 fatal crashes that involved cell
phone use, but New York, a state with a much larger popula-
tion, reported only one. Texas reported 40, but its neighbor-
ing state Louisiana reported none.
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