04/01/2026
April is National Distracted Driving
Awareness Month!
Texting while driving remains one of the most dangerous forms of distracted driving. At any given moment in the United States, an estimated 660,000 drivers are using or manipulating electronic devices behind the wheel—a number that has remained largely unchanged for over a decade. What was once considered risky behavior has become a persistent and deadly public safety crisis on America’s roads.
Distracted driving continues to disproportionately affect younger drivers. Among drivers ages 15 to 19 involved in fatal crashes, about 8% were reported as distracted—the highest proportion of any age group.
