{"id":7559,"date":"2017-03-03T09:28:15","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T14:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/news\/?p=7559"},"modified":"2017-03-03T09:28:15","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T14:28:15","slug":"be-a-safe-driver-motor-vehicle-deaths-up-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/news\/2017\/03\/be-a-safe-driver-motor-vehicle-deaths-up-in-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Be a Safe Driver \u2013 Motor Vehicle Deaths Up in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As more Americans are getting behind the wheel, there has also been a sharp increase in the number of fatal accidents on the road. \u00a0The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsc.org\/pages\/home.aspx\">National Safety Council (NSC)<\/a> this week released a new report indicating that the number of fatalities due to crashes is up six percent in 2016 from the previous year. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsc.org\/NewsDocuments\/2017\/12-month-estimates.pdf\">Click here<\/a> to read report.)<\/p>\n<p>According to the National Safety Council, the nation lost 40,200 people in traffic crashes in 2016, the first time the annual fatality total has exceeded 40,000 since 2007. The annual total deaths in 2015 were 37,757, a seven percent increase from 2014.\u00a0 The National Safety Council includes both traffic and non-traffic deaths that occur within a year of an accident. Almost half of passenger vehicle occupants killed were not wearing seat belts. Research shows almost one in three fatalities involved drunk drivers or speeding. One in 10 fatalities involved distraction.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cooperhealth.org\/departments-programs\/level-1-trauma-center\">Level I Adult Trauma Center<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cooperhealth.org\/departments-programs\/pediatric-trauma-center\">Level II Pediatric Trauma Center<\/a> at Cooper University Health Care treat more than 3,000 trauma victims annually.\u00a0\u00a0 In 2016, the Trauma Center treated 1,200 victims of incidents involving motor vehicles including \u00a0car, truck, and motorcycle crashes, as well as collisions involving bicycles or pedestrians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs South Jersey\u2019s Level I Adult Trauma Center and Level II Pediatric Trauma Center, we see way too many of victims of vehicle crashes come through our doors,\u201d states <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cooperhealth.org\/physicians\/john-porter-md\">John M. Porter, MD<\/a>; medical director, Cooper Trauma Center. \u201cWe also see many pedestrians who are hit by distracted or impaired drivers. Individuals need to remember to stay alert and remove all distractions to ensure that they arrive at their destination safe and sound. And the most common cause of distracted driving is texting. Do not text and drive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<p>Wendy A. Marano<br \/>\nPublic Relations Manager<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:marano-wendy@cooperhealth.edu\">marano-wendy@cooperhealth.edu<br \/>\n<\/a>Office: 856.382.6463<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT As more Americans are getting behind the wheel, there has also been a sharp increase in the number of fatal accidents on the road. \u00a0The National Safety Council (NSC) this week released a new report indicating that the number of fatalities due to crashes is up six percent in 2016 from the &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/news\/2017\/03\/be-a-safe-driver-motor-vehicle-deaths-up-in-2016\/\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[176,7921,7920,189,7918,7919],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-rmineo","4":"post-7559","6":"format-standard","7":"category-in-the-news","8":"post_tag-cooper-childrens-regional-hospital","9":"post_tag-motor-vehicle-accidents","10":"post_tag-pediatric-trauma-center","11":"post_tag-psa","12":"post_tag-public-service-announcement","13":"post_tag-trauma-center"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Be a Safe Driver \u2013 Motor Vehicle Deaths Up in 2016 - Inside Cooper<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/news\/2017\/03\/be-a-safe-driver-motor-vehicle-deaths-up-in-2016\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Be a Safe Driver \u2013 Motor Vehicle Deaths Up in 2016 - Inside Cooper\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT As more Americans are getting behind the wheel, there has also been a sharp increase in the number of fatal accidents on the road. \u00a0The National Safety Council (NSC) this week released a new report indicating that the number of fatalities due to crashes is up six percent in 2016 from the ... 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