The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a report that provided an overview of the number of ambulance accidents in the United States. The agency studied the number of ambulance accidents over a 20 year period. North-Western National also conducted a recent study of 466 ambulance accidents. Below are some of the key findings from both reports:

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• There are an estimated 6,500 accidents involving ambulances each year.

• 35% of crashes resulted in injury or fatality to at least 1 occupant of a vehicle

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• When injuries occur, there are, on average, three unique injuries per accident. On average, 29 fatal ambulance accidents produce 33 fatalities each year.

• On average, 2,600 people are injured in 1,500 ambulance accidents each year.

• Of those killed in an ambulance accident, 63% were occupants of a passenger vehicle, 21% were passengers in the ambulance, 4% were the ambulance drivers, and 12% were non-occupants.

• Nearly 60% of ambulance accidents occur during the course of emergency use.

• Emergency medical personnel are at a higher risk of crashing when compared to other first responders.