2023 Travelers Risk Index Pinpoints Principal Hazards of Distracted Driving

The 3 key takeaways

The 2023 Travelers Risk Index identifies technology, drowsiness, heightened emotions, and work-related stress as major causes of dangerous behaviors on US roads.
Distracted driving has been perceived as a growing problem, with 70% of survey respondents believing it is worse now than in previous years; National Safety Council data supports this with an 18% increase in deaths from preventable traffic crashes in 2022.
To improve road safety, survey respondents suggested strategies such as passengers asking drivers not to use phones, financial rewards for not using phones while driving, auto insurance discounts, and increased monetary fines.