A man while driving runs over a pedestrian while the cross the road. "Traffic deaths have surged in many areas. The major causes of road accidents are due to driver errors. For example, drunk driving fatalities have not been this high in over a decade. Distracted driving, however, shows a glimmer of hope," Leo Waldenback, co-founder of Zutobi, said. (Credit: Mike Focus/Shutterstock.com)

Men are twice as likely to be involved in a fatal distracted driving accident compared to women, according to online driver education resource Zutobi.

Of the 2,906 fatal distracted driving accidents that occurred in 2020, men were involved in 2,125, Zutobi reported.

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