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18
The number of states that require children up to 8 years old to use booster seats.
Source: AAA
33
The number of states that still need child booster seat laws for children through age 7.
Source: Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
100
The number of children younger than 5 killed in auto accidents each year who could have survived had they been in child safety seats.
Source: AAA
4X
The increased likelihood that a person will be involved in a crash when using a cell phone.
Source: University of Utah
420,600
The number of people injured in motor vehicle crashes in 2006.
Source: Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
$1.7 billion
The amount of insured property losses paid from four catastrophes between October and December 2007.
Source: ISO
520,000
The number of acres consumed by California’s October 2007 wildfires.
Source: RMS, ImageCat
9 out of 10
The number of Americans who drive every day.
Source: Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
$230 billion
The cost related to deaths, injuries, property damage, productivity losses, medical bills, and other automobile crash-related costs in 2006.
Source: Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
2.5 million
The number of people injured in motor vehicle crashes in 2005.
Source: Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
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