I have read various sources on the internet which state that AAA (American Automobile Association) reported 30,000 accidents a year are caused by dogs being a distraction inside of the vehicle. Every bit of research I have done with traffic reporting systems, such as NHTSA, have no statistics on how many car accidents are caused by dogs inside the vehicle. So I was curious about this supposed research done by AAA. After tedious searching on AAA’s site, I found nothing and contacted AAA directly. I received a reply a PR Manager with AAA who kindly advised that there is NO SUCH REPORT from AAA. If a car accident is reported as being caused by an animal, it is not generally reported as to whether the accident was caused from the driver swerving to miss an animal in the road, or whether the accident was caused from the driver being distracted by an animal inside the car. Not only that, the statistics report accidents caused by animals, and are not generally specific as to which kind of animal. For all the reports say, it could have been a deer in the road.
AAA was kind enough to send me a report which they did make on traveling with pets. To read more about their report, visit our Pet Auto Safety website.
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