Driving in the United States is quite dangerous - likely the most dangerous thing the average person will do on a daily basis. And recent trends indicate that the United States is going in the wrong direction when it comes to driving safety.
Traffic fatalities in U.S. top 40,000 for third year in a row
I was in a crash, what should I do?
If you've never been involved in an accident, then you're one of the lucky ones. In the United States there are millions of car crashes every year, many involving fatalities. In the 2016 alone -- the most recent statistical information available from the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety -- West Virginia saw a total of 269 fatalities in car and truck crashes, along with are thousands of injuries in crashes every year.