Head-On Collision — $605,000 Result

This post compiles statistics on automobile-accident deaths in the U.S. and worldwide. Drawing on NHTSA and other cited sources, it reports that fatalities rose sharply from 1913 to 2021 and that crashes claim roughly 1.3 million lives globally each year, with pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists accounting for over half. It also breaks down daily death estimates, peak crash times, and leading causes such as speeding and drunk driving.

The catastrophic injuries process is the sequence a claim follows when an injury causes permanent impairment, long-term loss of function, or lifelong disability. It moves through stabilization, investigation, valuation of lifetime damages, and resolution by settlement or trial. The reason it gets its own process is simple: a permanent injury changes what has to be proven and how long it takes to prove it.