text: Cell phone use while driving leads to many crashes. There are reported 1.6 million each year. Teen driver's cell phone use has led to the most car accidents. According to 21 percent of teen drivers involved in fatal accidents were distracted by their cell phones. Injuries by just sending one text can cause a car accident as according to general cell phone statistics use of cell phones and driving becomes a problem and increase of an accident in the year of 2016 660,000 drivers are attempting to use their phones while behind the wheel smartphones have made it easy for us to stay connected, were 20 years ago, cell phones were not a problem and there was not as many car accidents as there are now.