STOREFRONT SAFETY COUNCIL
CRASH STATISTICS

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OUR RESEARCH

Our 2014-2020 storefront crash statistics are among the most complete ever assembled for accidents on private property.  Federal and State agencies do not regularly receive such data as part of a national reporting system, so our data collection of accidents involving commercial properties (such as shopping centers, strip malls, and many roadside locations) is unique and very useful to government officials, researchers, underwriters, risk managers, and safety professionals.

We share our data with these and many other third parties, and we share our compiled statistics free online on our website.

We have been adding new data monthly to that which was collected and compiled in cooperation with the Texas Traffic Institute at Texas A&M University in 2013.  Our database contains more than 13,000 analyzed accidents and an additional 8,000 additional accidents collected but not analyzed (and not included in our statistical reporting). Our total of documented crashes is now well over 21,000, which allows us to observe and document trends developing in terms of drivers, causes, and most frequent locations for crashes.

From 2014 though 2019 we have collected data on:
  • stated causes of storefront and similar crashes
  • ages of drivers of vehicle involved in storefront and similar crashes
  • category of buildings and businesses struck vehicle-into-building crashes for each state, ranked against each state's percentage of  licensed drivers in the US

In 2016, we expanded our research to analyze for the same data listed above and have begun to collect additional information that we have found to be statistically significant including:
  • Names of locations hit by vehicles if applicable (eg "Starbucks.")
  • Number and name of “brand/chain store” locations hit by vehicles.
  • Statistically significant causes previously captured as “other” including;  vehicular assault on people, reckless driving, falling asleep at the wheel, weather conditions, speeding and mechanical failure, driver distractions.
  • Statistically significant site types previously captured as “other” including; bus stops, child and elder care facilities, schools (K-12), churches, medical facilities, government buildings, gas stations, banks and hair and nail salons.​
A note about our accident numbers:  Our research turns up crashes (limited to commercial or public buildings, transit stops, public areas, and other non-residential structures) using anecdotal and media reports, court records, fire department run records, and published studies.  These are then analyzed for details such as cause, age of driver, type of building and other information, and are then added into our growing database.

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