Over 100 fatalities, with thousands of injuries annually
Less than 1% of total traffic crash casualties, but often the front-page news
Over $250M in damages
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Bullets #1 and #2 are statistics based on FARS (Fatality
Analysis Reporting System) maintained by NHTSA
Bullet #3 is based on a 2007 study by Booz Allen Hamilton
for FTA Assessing the Business Case for Integrated Collision Avoidance
Systems on Transit Buses