Driver age distribution
Most frequent locations
Most frequent causes
Our Research
The Storefront Safety Council searches out information on vehicle-into-building crashes, limited to commercial or public buildings, transit stops public areas and other non-residential structures.
In March of 2023 we completed an exchange of data and methodologies with CHC Global, an
independent, London-based, risk management company that acts as a risk management
consultancy and as a brokerage arm of Lloyd’s of London, the largest insurance market in the
world!
2014
From 2014 onwards, we have collected data on:
- Stated and available causes of storefront and similar crashes
- Ages of drivers of vehicles involved in storefront and vehicle-into-building crashes
- Category of buildings and businesses struck in vehicle-into-building crashes for each state, ranked against each state's percentage of licensed drivers in the US
2016
In 2016, we expanded our research to analyze the same data listed above and began to collect additional information that we have found to be statistically significant including:
- Names of locations hit by vehicles if applicable (e.g. " Starbucks.")
- Number and name of “brand/chain store” locations hit by vehicles.
- Statistically significant causes previously captured as “other” include; vehicular assault on people, reckless driving, falling asleep at the wheel, weather conditions, speeding and mechanical failure, driver distractions, and driver errors like pedal misapplications.
- Statistically significant site types previously captured as “other” include; bus stops, child and elder care facilities, schools (K-12), churches, medical facilities, government buildings, gas stations, banks, and hair and nail salons.​
2020-2021
In 2020, we expanded our research, again, to collect statistics on vehicle-into-pedestrian incidents occurring in commercial parking areas and pedestrian areas connected to retail shopping, outdoor dining, and crowded places and public areas/tourist destinations. This collection activity is ongoing.
In 2021 we completed an audit of 6 full years of crash incidents in our database to specifically identify those which involved an employee injury and fatality, which increased the value of our data for federal agencies, risk managers, insurers, and underwriters. This specific collection
activity is ongoing. This information was shared with CHC for their review and with Lloyd’s of London for their use and is also available to researchers with a demonstrated need.
In April 2022 we completed an exchange of data and methodologies with an arm of Lloyd’s of London, the largest insurance market in the world. In exchange for the use of our data for their own risk assessment and risk profiling purposes, Lloyd’s agreed to review and audit our data and collection methodologies, the accuracy of our data, and the value of our data on an ongoing basis. Lloyd’s found that our data was valid and credible and that our collection methodology gave them such high confidence that our collection of data concerning vehicle-into-building / storefront crashes should be used by researchers and risk managers as “source data” given the lack of any other available data sets involving private property accidents in the United States.
Lloyd’s concluded in their remarks that our data, as complete as it is, reflects only a fraction of the total of storefront crashes that occur every single day: At the most conservative, it appears that the SSC database captures 1 in 12 incidents (8.33%).
In April 2022 we completed an exchange of data and methodologies with an arm of Lloyd’s of London, the largest insurance market in the world. In exchange for the use of our data for their own risk assessment and risk profiling purposes, Lloyd’s agreed to review and audit our data and collection methodologies, the accuracy of our data, and the value of our data on an ongoing basis. Lloyd’s found that our data was valid and credible and that our collection methodology gave them such high confidence that our collection of data concerning vehicle-into-building / storefront crashes should be used by researchers and risk managers as “source data” given the lack of any other available data sets involving private property accidents in the United States.
Lloyd’s concluded in their remarks that our data, as complete as it is, reflects only a fraction of the total of storefront crashes that occur every single day: At the most conservative, it appears that the SSC database captures 1 in 12 incidents (8.33%).
Storefront crashes occur more than 100 times per day
46% of all storefront crashes result in an injury
8% of all storefront crashes result in a fatality
Each year in the US, as many as 16,000 people are injured and as many as 2600 are killed in vehicle-into-building crashes.