Driving Issue - Employer Concerns

What happens to your employees off the job can have dramatic ramifications on your company’s operations and finances. The truth is, your employees are much more likely to be involved in a crash away from work than on the job:
-- Federal statistics show that most fatal crashes happen after hours, especially on week-ends and after 5:00.
-- For every worker killed in a traffic crash on the job, twelve will die in a crash off the job.

And half of crash-related injuries force employees to miss work (NHTSA). When an employee or family member is involved in a serious traffic crash, your business suffers, too.

NHTSA reports that employers in Texas alone spend $4.3 billion every year as a result of on-the-job and off-the-job traffic injuries. Off-the-job crashes are especially costly, accounting for 80 percent of employer crash-related health fringe benefit costs and 92 percent of employer crash-related health care costs.

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Most fatal crashes happen during off-the-job hours, particularly on weekends.

The wee hours on Sunday morning between midnight and 4 a.m. are especially dangerous.

All week, more crashes occur in the evening and late night/early morning hours than during the day.

Fatality Analysis Reporting System Encyclopedia, 2006