1. 10 GREAT REASONS
TO INVEST IN REAR VIEW SYSTEMS
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2. 50,000
 Estimated number of annual total backing accidents
nationally, resulting in more than 50,000 injuries and
nearly 200 deaths.
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(NHTSA)

3. >25%
 Of commercial vehicle accidents happen when a
driver is backing up.
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(US DOT)

4. $1,719
 The average cost per backing claim of
one leading U.S. utility.
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5. 682
 Number of pick-up truck backing
crashes from 1998–2007.
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(Case Study: California DOT)

6. 39%
 Of all commercial vehicle
accidents occur in
parking lots.
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7. >75%
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(US DOT)
 Of the accidents that involved
backing up could have been
prevented, if the driver had
some type of backing up aid.

8. $74,000
 Cost to employer for an on the
job crash that results in injury;
the average non-injury crash
costs an employer $16,500.
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(DOT HS 809 682 reports)

9. $5.5M
 Cost of preventable backing accidents experienced
by Caltrans agency over a ten year period.
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(ISSN 1055-1425)

10. $1.5M
 Total savings in the 1st year of rear view system
installations by one global bottling company fleet.
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11. 79
 Number of occupational (worker) fatalities in
2011 when backing vehicles or mobile
equipment crushed them against an object or
rolled over them.
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(Bureau of Labor Statistics)