How many automobile accidents per day in the USA

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04-27-2014 | 08:44 AM

BeachBumMike

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How many automobile accidents per day in the USA

In U.S. it has approximately 6, 500,000 accidents per year

There were an estimated 6,420,000 cars involved in accidents in the US in 2005.

The cost of these accidents exceeds 230+ Billion dollars . There were about 2.9 million injury cases and 42,636 car accident deaths.

An average of 115 persons die each day in motor vehicle crashes in the United States -- one every 13 minutes.

According to the World Health Organization about 3000 people die in crashes each day worldwide.......

So an average of 17,589 auto accidents every day in the USA

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Sunday, April 27, 2014

Florida Man Falls Out Of Pickup Truck Bed, Dies

MIMS, Florida -- A Seminole County man has died after falling out of a pickup truck bed that was traveling in Brevard County, Florida.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, 24-year-old Michael Tye Glatz of Mims, Florida was driving a 2001 Dodge pickup truck eastbound on State Road 46 near I-95.

The pickup truck had five passengers in addition to the driver: Zachary Austin Crist, 23, Taylor Brock, 23, a 1-year-old boy and 3-year-old girl, all of Mims, Florida. Another passenger, 24-year-old Bobby Mac Harris was from Casselberry, Florida.

According to FHP, Harris was sitting in the bed of the pickup truck. When Harris stood up to adjust his seating position, he fell from the pickup truck and onto State Road 46. Harris was pronounce deceased at the scene.

The crash remains under investigation.

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