ABSTRACT
In the last 30 years, there have been more than 10 million “moderate to severe” injuries and over 1.5 million deaths in the United States from motor vehicle accidents (MVAs). The National Safety Council reported in 1996 that 11.2 million traffic collisions occurred. Of those, 9.6 million were a combination of property damage only and/or nondisabling injury collisions. The economic cost to the United States was estimated to be $176.1 billion, a staggering amount of money.
