Car crashes cost Washington area $7.4 billion a year, AAA reports

Published November 3, 2011 4:00am ET



Washington drivers lose $7.4 billion a year because of traffic accidents, according to a new report from AAA Mid-Atlantic.

That’s nearly two times the cost of congestion to the area, which AAA estimates is $4 billion per year.

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