text: Secondly, The National Safety Council reports that using a cell phone while driving is the reason for 1.6 million crashes each year. Almost 390,000 injuries happen each year, from accidents caused by texting while driving. One out of every four car accidents in the United States is caused by texting and driving. That's a lot of deaths caused by loss of focus you would think people would learn. Just a little to add, but according to NHTSA, driving while texting is six times more dangerous than drunk driving. Read into it my people.