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Wrongful Death Facts and Statistics

Wrongful Death Facts and Statistics

• Wrongful Death - Amusement Park Accidents: The Consumer Protection Safety Commission estimates that serious injuries from amusement park rides result in 5000 emergency room visits per year, many of these injuries result in death.
• Wrongful Death - Auto Accidents: There are approximately 12 million automobile accidents every year according to the National Safety Counsel (NSA). Many of these accidents result in death.
• Wrongful Death - Auto Accidents: Auto accidents on our Nation's roadways are a serious threat to the traveling public and are the leading cause of death for those under the age of thirty-four.
• Wrongful Death - Auto Accidents: Young drivers are four times more likely to die in car accidents and are much more prone to speed, drive recklessly, not wear their seat belts and drink and drive than middle-aged drivers
• Wrongful Death - Auto Accidents: 40% of fatalities are related to drinking and driving, 30% to speeding, and about 33% from a car going off the road.
• Wrongful Death - Bicycle Accidents: Nearly one million children are injured each year in bicycle related accidents, many of these injuries cause death.
• Wrongful Death - Boating Accidents: According to the United States Coast Guard, there are over 8,000 boating accidents each year and over 700 fatalities.
• Wrongful Death - Construction Accidents: One out of 10 construction workers is accidentally injured every year, many of these accidents result in death.
• Wrongful Death - Construction Accidents: More fatalities occur from falls than any other construction activity.
• Wrongful Death - Motorcycle Accident: More than 80 percent of all reported motorcycle accidents result in injury or death.
• Wrongful Death - School Bus Accidents: There are 12,000 injuries and 130 deaths involving school buses annually.
• Wrongful Death - Seat Belt: Seat belt use is only about 68% nationally, despite it being highly cost-effective means to prevent fatalities and serious injuries.
• Wrongful Death – Slip and Fall Accidents: Slip and fall incidents cause 15% of all accidental deaths, and are second only to motor vehicle accidents as a cause of accidental deaths.
• Wrongful Death - Swimming Accidents: Every year over 1,000 children die in swimming related accidents. For every child who drowns, six receive emergency room care.
• Wrongful Death - SUV Rollover: Each year, rollovers kill about 10,000 people and injure more than 200,000 each year.
• Premises Accidents - Slip and fall incidents cause 15% of all accidental deaths, and are second only to motor vehicle accidents as a cause of accidental deaths.
• Wrongful Death - Train Accidents: Each year there are approximately 3,000 train accidents in the U.S. resulting in about 1,000 fatalities.
• Wrongful Death - Transportation Accidents: There are over 3 million injuries a year from transportation accidents and around 40,000 fatalities.
• Wrongful Death - Truck Accident: Every year over 5,000 car drivers and passengers are killed in accidents involving trucks and over 500 truck drivers receive fatal injuries.
• Wrongful Death - Mesothelioma: About 4,000 people die from Mesothelioma every year, the rare cancer caused by asbestos exposure.
• Wrongful Death - Prescription Drugs: Every year approximately 200,000 Americans die from prescription drug reactions.
• Wrongful Death - Otho Evra Patch: A dozen young women died last year from blood clots believed to be related to the birth-control patch. Dozens more survived strokes and other clot-related problems.
• Wrongful Death - Drugs and Medical Devises: some drugs and medical devises reported to have caused death include: Guidant Pacemakers, Defibrillators, Celebrex, Bextra, Heparin, Ketek, Zyprexa, Duragesic Patch

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