The conclusion was also based on the number of crashes at the intersection and their severity.
The main story is surely the number of crashes we witnessed.
Allstate says the greater damage caused by bigger vehicles more than offsets the smaller number of crashes.
The racing mishaps included a number of crashes including not one, but two, multi-car pileups on the final lap.
"While the number of crashes on Britain's roads has fallen, the number of injury claims has risen.
Data on the number of crashes caused by cellphones is incomplete, said the study, which was to be released on Monday by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis.
Yesterday's incident brings to more than a dozen the number of crashes the Airbus has been involved in over the past 13 years.
Though the specific number of crashes near the checkpoints was not immediately available, the safety board also cited a fatal accident last year near one in Texas.
But little data exists on the number of crashes caused by drivers using cellphones because police either do not collect such data or started doing so only recently.
"But I would challenge one to look at the number of crashes that occurred on the same day that were the result of human behaviour".
In recent years, the institute estimates based on insurance industry data, the number of crashes ranged from one million to two million.
