text: According to Edgar Snyder & Associates Nearly 390,000 injuries occur each year from accidents caused by texting while driving. "The National Safety Council reports that cell phone use while driving leads to 1.6 million crashes each year". The outcome of texting while driving is not that important to where lives should be taken to send a text if it's that important then why not just pull over. in the article on edgar Snyder & Associates it also states that 10 percent of all teen motor vehicle crash fatalities in 2016 involved distracted driving. The risk is increasing every time a person pulls out there cell phone.