Icy roads are the #1 weather-related danger in the USA.
Accidents on icy roads are responsible for an average of 1,836 deaths and 136,309 injuries per year, more than 3.6 times the toll from all other severe weather hazards COMBINED (tornadoes, hurricanes, lightning, floods, heat, high winds), as well as many millions in property damage and economic impacts. See the statistics! Icy roads are a threat to life and property that just about everyone will face each winter. The goal of this site is to increase public awareness of the road ice hazard while educating drivers on how to avoid accidents.
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SENATOBIA, MS - It is rare for a single storm to threaten the majority of the United States with the icy road hazard. The event brought dangerous conditions to 41 states in a continuous swath from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean. Read more . . .
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1,836
Average annual deaths in the US from icy roads
136,309
Average annual injuries in the US from icy roads
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