Disabled Vehicle Accidents Happen Every Day

Every year thousands are injured and killed in accidents that involve disabled vehicles.

It happens all the time. A car becomes disabled and the driver tries to pull off the road. Another driver does not see the stopped vehicle and plows into it. Of all accidents, these are among the most preventable; if drivers can see a disabled vehicle in time to slow down, change lanes or even stop, crashes can be prevented, or their severity greatly reduced. Better visibility = increased awareness of danger ahead.

In 2009 multiple-vehicle accidents occurring on a highway shoulder, off-roadway or in a median resulted in:

• 366 accidents with fatalities
• 9000 accidents with injuries
• 12,000 accidents with property damage

We've compiled some very important traffic accident statistics and driving safety tips to give you more information about recent trends in off-roadway crashes and how to avoid them. More importantly, we've invented the revolutionary CrashFlasher, a portable, easy to use emergency beacon that dramatically increases the visibility of disabled vehicles.