Statistics About Whiplash

For every 6 million occupants in Low Speed Rear Impact Collisions: 

• About 3 million will be injured (about the population size of South Carolina).
• About 1.5 million will have chronic pain (about the population size of Nebraska).
• About 300,000 of these become disabled usually due to pain (about the population size of Wyoming).
• Nearly half of all chronic neck pain in America is due to car crashes—mostly Low Speed Rear Impact collisions. 
• About 9% of all Americans suffer from chronic neck pain due to Low Speed Rear Impact Collisions. 
• Children are at 2/3 the risk of adults.

Information provided by the Spine Research Institute of San Diego