Records show 110,544 notations in crash reports for distracted driving on Florida roads in 2016, up from 100,095 in 2015.

a cellphone, texting, being distracted by another device such as a navigation aid or DVD, distracted by something else happening inside or outside the car, or being inattentive in general or for an unknown reason.

Cellphone use and texting are not always easy to establish with certainty. The largest category of distracted driving is typically “unknown.”

Texting is involved in 6 percent of U.S. accidents and cellphone use including talking is a factor in 26 percent of crashes, the National Safety Council calculated in 2015.

The group believes cellphone use is underreported in crashes.

“Police must often rely on drivers to admit to cellphone use,” a council report said. “This is not possible when drivers are not forthcoming or are seriously injured or deceased.”

Relatively few cases reach a stage where investigators or a court obtain a driver’s admission or authorities are able to gather formal evidence from a device or service provider.

Crashes in which a cellphone or other electronic communications device was specifically cited climbed 3 percent statewide to 3,866 and 20 percent to 302 in Palm Beach County, compared to 2015. Injuries from such crashes rose 3 percent across the state to 3,113 and 9 percent to 223 in the county. Deaths fell to 19 from 31 in Florida and remained at zero in the county.

Reports indicating texting in accidents remain fairly rare, though injuries reported from those events increased — by 5 percent in Florida to 126 and 45 percent in Palm Beach County to 16. Overall crash reports listing texting fell in the both the state (to 192 from 203) and the county (to 15 from 24) and deaths decreased in the both the county (to

CONTRIBUTED BY FAMILY Photos and memorials remember Allesandra “Allie” Augello, who died in a Tampa-area crash in 2008. Her father, Steve Augello, has spoken across the state to raise awareness with students and others about distracted driving.