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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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