Auto Accident Facts

Statistics show that 93% of all car accidents are due to human error.

Whiplash symptoms do not appear immediately after a car accident, it may be days later one may have neck pain, back pain, headaches, sciatica or long term pain which leads to arthritis.

In 2006, motor vehicle crashes were the leading cause of death for every age from 3 through 34.

93% of patients with chronic whiplash pain who have failed medical and physical therapy care improve with chiropractic adjustments. (Injury, 1996)

Men and women are affected by a car crash differently.

Accidents victims often feel pain such as, neck pain, back pain, vertigo and migraine headaches with many other health related problems.  

The cost to society from car accidents runs into the tens of billions of dollars and disables up to a third of a million people each year.

An average of 102 people died each day in motor vehicle crashes in 2008 — one every 14 minutes.

Whiplash is one of the leading causes of disability and loss of productive years of life because it affects so many people in early life.

The radiological, x-rays evidence of human threshold for injury in rear impact collisions, therefore, is 2.5 mph. Others have these numbers and studies sponsored insurance was closer to the threshold at 5 mph challenged.

For the sake of argument, imagine that the threshold for injury is 5 mph. This means that even a 5 mph collision can cause neck injuries.

Pedestrian fatalities account for 11% of motor vehicle fatalities.

On average, a pedestrian is injured in a traffic accident every 8 minutes.

On average, a pedestrian is killed in a traffic accident every 111 minutes.

Statistically, males are more likely to be involved in a pedestrian/motor vehicle accident than females.

Currently, just about all of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards concerning injury risks to humans in car accidents deal with relatively higher speed crashes. Since many whiplash victims are not attended by EMS and because many of these injuries are not apparent immediately, they are never reported to the governmental data collection centers.

No standards are currently in place to ensure the safety of occupants in rear impact collisions at lower speeds. Yet the cost to society from this type of injury runs into the tens of billions of dollars and disables up to a third of a million persons each year.

Statistically 22% of auto injuries occur when impacts were above 12 mph. Amazingly, 60% of injuries from car accidents happened  with low speeds of 6-12 mph. 18% of soft tissue injuries actually occurred at 6 mph.

A cars body can withstand an impact of a crash better then a human body, see your body - the amazing machine. Statistically more than 50% of whiplash injuries happen without any damage to the vehicle.

When a person ages the flexibility and strength in your neck is of course fragile. An individual's neck is unable to handle the strain from a vehicle accident.

Whiplash is not only neck pain.

Statistically 92% of whiplash injuries can cause neck pain. Half will suffer headaches, fatigue, shoulder pain, anxiety, back pain, lower back pain, sleep disturbance, and impaired concentration.

Fact: The average head weighs 10 to 16 pounds. In rear impact collisions it takes the head to violently whip backwards, then forward and back in a neutral position in less than a second.

Information furnished by research from:
Department of transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
California Highway Patrol
Spine Research Institute of San Diego