January 7, 2004
DIY Fatality Stats
On another website I’m arguing about whether banning cellphones in cars will really reduce traffic accidents. To prove my point, I went to this website where I was able to design my own queries and pull data from the National Center for Statistics & Analysis’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) Web-Based Encyclopedia.
Posted by etrigan at January 7, 2004 3:28 PMI show in 2002 the following data:
17 Fatal Crashes due to Emotional Driver Related Factors
165 Fatal Crashes where Cell Phones were present in car
18 Fatal Crashes where Cell Phones were in use
155 Fatal Crashes where Sleepy Driver Related Factors