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Texting While Driving Accounted For 16,000 Deaths In 6 Years

Researchers from the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Ft. Worth analyzed data from the Fatality Accident Reporting System and found that texting behind the wheel accounted for 16,141 deaths between 2002 and 2007. Study authors also found the following interesting factoids:

* The percentage of all traffic deaths caused by distracted driving rose from 11% in 1999 to 16% in 2008. * 40% of all crashes happened in urban areas in 2008, up from 33% a decade earlier. * Only one-third of Americans had a cellphone in 1999. By 2008, 91% of us did. * The average monthly volume of text messages was 1 million in 2002. By 2008, it was 110 million. Sampath 10:24, 5 October 2010 (UTC) Sampath