Reports have shown that the number of car accident fatalities in the United States has been slowly decreasing in the past few years. The number of fatalities in 2019 was a 2% decrease from 2018 and a 4% decrease from 2017. The number of people who required medical...
Month: September 2020
Negative emotions and driver safety
Drivers in Kentucky may feel that they are being safe as long as they avoid external distractions like eating, drinking and using their phone. But they can become cognitively distracted through negative emotions like anger and impatience. These emotions impair...
NSC estimates 38,800 car crash deaths in 2019
Car crashes continue to cause an alarming number of fatalities in Kentucky and throughout the U.S., but there has been a decline in numbers for two years in a row now. The National Safety Council estimates that in 2019, 38,800 people died in car crashes, and 4.4....