| Millions of Car Accidents occur worldwide every year, | | | | The UK also has a relatively high rate as compared to |
| and the fatalities due to these accidents are also in | | | | other EU countries. Around ten thousand car |
| the millions. Most of the time, it is somehow the | | | | accidents occur in the UK each day, and most of |
| driver who is responsible for the accident. | | | | these are the result of a mistake on the driver's part. |
| According to a Traffic Report by the WHO, road | | | | Car accidents comprise more than 52% of the total |
| accidents kill more than 1.2 million people annually, and | | | | accidents in the EU. |
| around fifty million people get injured or disabled. | | | | Out of the total accidents in the EU, 67% are in the |
| These numbers are increasing with the passage of | | | | urban areas and in 75% of the total accidents, the |
| years. Out of over 1.2 million worldwide, 90% of the | | | | driver is male. Young drivers between age 18 and 25 |
| deaths are caused in the countries that have low or | | | | are involved in more than 21% of the total accidents |
| middle level incomes. Globally, more than half of the | | | | and fatalities. Research shows that most of the |
| total accidents that occur are with drivers between | | | | accidents occur due to reckless driving and |
| the age of 15 and 44 years, and the drivers in more | | | | intoxication. Other than this, there are large numbers |
| than 73% of cases are males. | | | | of rollover accidents involving young adults and |
| In the UK, the number of accidents has considerably | | | | teenage drivers. The number of accidents due to |
| decreased in percentage over the past four or five | | | | intoxication is also increasing continuously. In the US, |
| years. Recent reports show that the road accidents | | | | about 70 to 80 people die every day due to |
| have decreased by one to two percent since the | | | | accidents related to alcohol. |
| year 2006. | | | | In accidents in the EU and US, most the cars are |
| According to an estimate, the number of accidents | | | | insured, and Car Accident Compensation Claims can |
| every year in the US is more than six million. These | | | | be made along with any Car Accident Injury claims. |
| accidents injure millions, while thousands of people are | | | | However, there are many countries where there is |
| killed. The number of people killed in car accidents in | | | | no insurance, and hence Car accident claims cannot |
| the US is thirteen times that killed in the UK. | | | | be made. This is especially true for the low and |
| However, this difference is not very dramatic as the | | | | medium income countries of Africa and Asia where |
| US is 40 times the size of UK. | | | | accidents are in large percentages, and Car Accident |
| In the EU, the country with the highest number of | | | | Compensation Claims and Car Accident Injury Claims |
| Car accidents and fatalities is Italy followed by Poland. | | | | are not usually made. |