This is not a Hit and Run Story
From a PRESS RELEASE of the Insurance Information Institute Hit-and-Run Accidents Can Hit Insured Drivers by Surprise Basic Insurance Coverage May Not Be Sufficient to Cover Expenses That Become the Insured Victim’s Responsibility INSURANCE INFORMATION INSTITUTE Contact: Press Offices New York: 212-346-5500; media@iii.org Washington, D.C.: 202-833-1580 March 2008, Washington, DC – Even though the total number of non-fatal crashes declined steadily from 6.3 million to 5.9 million from 2003 to 2006, the ratio of hit-and-run accidents remained unchanged, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)(1). During that four-year period, one of every 8 accidents nationwide was a hit-and-run. But there were significant regional variations. For example, with more than one million hit-and-run crashes, the South had nearly three times as many hit-and-run incidents as the Northeast (366,000) and nearly twice as many as the West (650,000), despite California having one of t