Brain injury is the leading killer and disabler of people under the age of 44 and kills more people under the age of 20 than all other causes combined. (U.S. Centers for Disease Control)
Acquired brain injury is 15 times more common than spinal cord injury, 30 times more common than breast cancer and 400 times more common than HIV/AIDS. (U.S. Centers for Disease Control)
40 percent of acquired brain injury survivors sustained their brain injury as a result of an automobile collision. (2012 OBIA Impact Report)
Distracted driving is cited as a causal factor in 30 to 50 percent of traffic collisions in Ontario, but is probably much higher due to underreporting. (Ontario Provincial Police)
Texting while driving is the same as driving blind for five seconds at a time. (Virginia Tech Transportation Institute)
In three seconds at 60 kilometres per hour, you travel 50 metres — that’s the distance across half a football field. (Ontario Ministry of Transportation)
In 2012, 83 people were killed in motor vehicle collisions within OPP jurisdiction in which distracted driving was a causal factor. (Ontario Provincial Police)
