In the u. s., nearly million people were injured and over 37,000 people were killed in traffic collisions in 2008.

Traffic collisions and accidents are a major cause of death in the US as nearly 3 million people were injured in 2008 alone from the traffic collisions. While driving the risk of an accident is always present and that is why the drivers always need to be alert, not sit behind the wheel under influence. People shouldn't drive even when taking certain prescription drugs. All of these are warnings and ways by which the officials are trying to reduce the number of accidents on the roads.