RELATED: People With These Names Are the Most Attractive, Says New Survey. GJEL Accident Attorneys investigated its personal injury claims data and determined the most accident-prone names in the U.S.: Joshua and Angela. The list was ranked based on how frequently people with those names submitted claims for personal injuries, such as slips, trips, and falls in the workplace, at home, or in a public setting. (Car accidents weren’t included as part of the study.) According to the study, men were revealed to be 28 percent, or nearly a third, clumsier than women based on their filed personal injury claims. But looking specifically at claims involving slips and falls at the workplace, women were involved in 18 percent, or nearly a fifth, more cases than their male counterparts. Data from the firm also revealed that the average settlement amount for personal injury claims around the country is $100,000. RELATED: For more fun facts delivered straight to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter. The personal injury law firm broke down the five most common accident-prone names for men, from clumsiest to least clumsy, as Joshua, Christopher, Noah, Brian, and Eric. For women, the top five clumsiest names were Angela, Karen, Daisy, Louisa, and Helen. Findings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that in 2018 alone, the country logged 130 million total visits to the emergency room. The same year, the number of injury-related visits reached 35 million. What’s more: Over 16 million of those visits resulted in admission to the hospital for further care.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb In other words, no matter your name, you’re pretty likely to have an injury at one point or another, ideally one not requiring serious care. We’re all only human, after all! RELATED: This City Has the Most Car Accidents in the U.S.
