Rural Accidents
Rural car crashes: Frequent, devastating and preventableYou might think that an absence of heavy traffic would have a positive impact on accidents, but the opposite is true. Rural crashes account for 57% of all traffic fatalities.
Contributing factors to rural accidents include:
• Rural roads have smaller shoulders, fewer center lane dividers and are more closely positioned to fixed objects, like trees
• Drivers on rural roads drink more and buckle up less
• Drivers on rural roads speed more
