The 2015 Pennsylvania Crash Report is out Thursday from the folks at KeepHighwaysSafe.org, whose mission is to advocate for better safety conditions on the nation's highways.
The study looks at five-year accident trends, economic losses, crashes by age, total crashes by county, types of vehicles involved in crashes and other data.
Here are 10 of the most interesting takeaways from the 2015 data:
• More than 127,000 crashes were reported on Pennsylvania's nearly 120,000 miles of roads and highways in 2015, resulting in 1,200 deaths and more than 82,000 injuries.
• The total economic loss due to traffic crashes in Pennsylvania exceeded $15 billion. That equates to $1,103 for every man, woman, and child.
• Most people killed in traffic crashes in Pennsylvania die on Sunday. Even though most of the 20,327 crashes reported on state roadways in 2015 occurred on Friday (followed by Sunday, then Saturday). Crashes and deaths are highest between 3 and 5 p.m.
• January is the most dangerous month for traveling, with most of the traffic accidents (13,322), but not deaths. The deadliest months are August, July and May.
• Watch out for young drivers, those between the ages of 16-21. Unsurprisingly, this less experienced class of drivers is responsible for nearly twice of all traffic accidents in Pennsylvania.
• Perhaps more surprising is that drivers aged 65 and up accounted for the fewest traffic accidents, about 1 percent of the total. The study surmises this could result from older drivers being less inclined to drive after a big decline in vision, hearing or mobility.
• Seatbelt-use in the four suburban Philadelphia counties is near or exceeds 80 percent of drivers. The rate is half that – 41 percent – in the city.
• In the five-county area, Bucks County has the highest rate of traffic fatalities – 0.09 deaths per 1,000 residents. Chester County had 0.07 deaths, followed by 0.06 in Philadelphia, and 0.04 in both Delaware and Montgomery counties.
• Chester County has more alcohol-related traffic deaths – 0.03 per 1,000 residents – than other Philly-area counties. Philadelphia and Bucks counties reported 0.02 deaths, with 0.01 for Montgomery and Delaware counties.
• Injuries to pedestrians, motorcyclists and bicyclists are down since 2011. There were 4,532 pedestrian injuries in 2011 and 4,002 in 2015. Similarly, motorcycle injuries fell from 3,603 in 2011 to 3,312 in 2015. Injuries to bicyclists fell from 1,312 to 1,268 over that five-year period.
For more information, the interactive report is available here.