Car crashes pose a huge--and underappreciated--risk to Cascadians’ health. Vehicle collisions are the number one killer of Cascadians under the age of 45, and are responsible for roughly 100,000 injuries each year.  On average, vehicle collisions--including deaths to motorists, pedestrians, and bicycle riders--claim 5 lives each day across the region: 1 each, perhaps, in Oregon, British Columbia, and Idaho, and 2 in Washington. Over time this death toll mounts to staggering proportions. In all, some 50,000 Cascadians have perished in car crashes since 1980.

The counter below estimates the human and economic costs of car crashes so far this year.

Collisions in Washington:

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0 injuries
0 total collisions
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No cost estimate available for BC