10 Interesting Facts About Taxi Accidents

10 Interesting Facts About Taxi Accidents

1. On average, 10 taxi accidents are reported each day.
2. In 70% of those accidents, someone ends up getting hurt.
3. Taxi companies arrange for a maximum of $100 000 per person for injuries due to a taxi accident and a maximum of $300 000 for all passengers combined.
4. Taxi drivers’ income is directly related to their crash incidents. The higher their income, the less likely the driver is to make a taxi accident. The reverse is also true.
5. Taxi passengers are more likely to be injured in a taxi crash than passengers in a normal car crash. This is partly because only 38% of taxi passengers wear seat belts compared to 90% seat-belt wearing passengers in private cars.
6. Taxi drivers who own their own cars are less likely to be involved in a taxi accident than taxi drivers who lease their cars.
7. One in every five car accidents in New York City was a taxi accident.
8. Taxis are only involved in 16% of pedestrian crashes that lead to death or serious injury.
9. The  New York City Taxicab Fact Book doesn’t contain any stats on taxi accidents. Hmm…
10. In 2014, the Upper East Side was the number one spot for taxi accidents with a whopping 2056 accidents occurring between March 2014 and April 2015.