text: Of course, killing someone on accident isn't ideal. Is someone's life or family really worth risking over a text or call? It doesn't take much for a car crash to happen, so if someone is distracted by a phone, it is much more likely to happen. In 2014, cell phone usage caused 24% of car accidents. It may not sound like much, but that is a large percentage of people that were involved in a car accident in 2014. There were 6,064,000 accidents in 2014, and 24% of that is 1,455,360. Using the same source, around 35,000 of those 1,455,360 were deaths. That is not the only thing you are risking, however.