According to statistics, there were around 6.5 million auto accidents that occurred in 2005. And that unbelievably large figure was only for the United States. Based on that statistical figure, it is clear that car collisions have become part of the common events that unfold in our everyday lives. When you turn on the television, read the newspaper, listen to the radio or surf through the net, a car collision in some street or highway seems to always be present.

However well-developed our mechanical, engineering and aerodynamic knowledge may be, and however advanced our safety technologies are, automobile collisions and vehicular traffic accidents continue to occur. In the year of 2005 also, around 2.9 individuals in the United States received injuries from these vehicular collisions, and almost 45,000 of them were killed. Statistics even show that an average of 15 people die in the United States everyday because of car crashes. And an even eerier idea given was that one person dies of car accidents every 13 minutes.

Aside from physical injuries and fatalities, car collisions would of course, also result to property damages. In 2005, more than 230 billion US dollars were spent and wasted because of automobile crashes. Just to give you an idea of just how big that amount is, 230 billion US dollars is enough to pay off the debts of a medium-size country and still have enough to feed people in Africa. This has in fact created an industry of its own in the field of collision repairs and services which are offered by collision centers located all over the country.