Poor weather conditions or unforeseen road hazards like wildlife may be unavoidable for today's drivers, but there are several proactive steps they can take to refrain from the most common cause of crashes: Distractions.
Distracted driving took the lives of more than 3,200 people in 2023, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and the practice resulted in hundreds of thousands of injuries.
However, vehicle telematic data indicates that when insurers monitor policyholder driving behavior, and when those drivers know what to avoid, they tend to course-correct with safety in mind. Driver telematics led to a roughly 9% decrease in distracted driving in 2024, according to Cambridge Mobile Telematics, and this change in driver behavior likely avoided thousands of crashes and auto-related injuries.
The slideshow above, compiled from an array of sources, illustrates the most common driving distractions attributed to vehicle accidents, along with the steps drivers can take to avoid them.
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