There Are No Accidents
A review of

There Are No Accidents

The Deadly Rise of Injury and Disaster―Who Profits and Who Pays the Price

Jessie Singer • Simon Element • 2022
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Accidents Happen, But Why?

by David Meyer

Journalist Jessie Singer explores the connection between poverty and accidents, and explains why people often prefer to blame accident victims rather than to advocate for systemic change.

Through exhaustive research and reporting, journalist Jessie Singer, editor-in-chief of Reclaim magazine and senior strategist and head writer at Transportation Alternatives, explains in her excellent book why many accidents – wrecks, fires, drownings, falls, and more – are avoidable, predictable, and mostly affect the impoverished.

The Real Story

Nearly 175,000 people die by accident every year in America – the highest rate in US history. Car crashes, drownings, fires, and falls kill more people than diseases such as diabetes, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, pneumonia, and kidney failure. However, where you live, your ethnicity, and your income level may influence your vulnerability to accidents.

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