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Area-wide traffic calming improves safety -- but will it work in low- and middle-income countries?
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Area-wide traffic calming schemes that discourage through-traffic from using residential roads are effective at reducing traffic-related injuries in high-income countries and may even reduce deaths. However, more research ...
Drug poisoning growing cause of death
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Apr 04, 2008 |
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A government report said poisoning is the second-leading cause of injury death in the United States after motor vehicle accidents.
Road traffic deaths in China have soared almost 100 percent in 20 years
Jun 05, 2008 |
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The number of road traffic deaths in China has soared almost 100% in two decades, reveals a study published in the journal Injury Prevention.
Murders, Traffic Deaths Connected
Dec 03, 2009 |
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If you want to know how many people are killed in car accidents in a particular U.S. state, look to its prisons. Regions with higher murder rates also tend to have a greater number of traffic fatalities, according to a new ...
In 16 states, drug deaths overtake traffic fatals
Sep 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- In 16 states and counting, drugs now kill more people than auto accidents do, the government said Wednesday.
Major drop in traffic deaths: It's more than high gas prices
Jul 28, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Rising fuel prices, resulting in less driving, may very well be a reason for the decline in traffic deaths, as recent reports have suggested. But a new report by the University of Michigan shows that som ...
Good News About $4 Gas? Fewer Traffic Deaths
Jul 10, 2008 |
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As unwelcome as they are, higher gasoline prices do come with a plus side – fewer deaths from car accidents, says a researcher at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Stop traffic crashes: Switch on the lights
Jan 21, 2009 |
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Street lighting provides a simple, low cost means of stemming the global epidemic of road traffic death and injury. Low income countries should consider installing more lights, and high income countries should think carefully ...
Marathons cut risk of fatal vehicle crashes
Dec 21, 2007 |
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Organised marathons are not associated with an increased risk of sudden death, despite the media attention they attract. In fact, marathons lower the risk of fatal motor vehicle crashes that might otherwise have taken place ...
Study looks at traffic death risks
Jan 19, 2007 |
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Eighteen-year-old males are as risky behind the wheel as 80-year-old females, says a new traffic study from Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University.
Cell phone studies: While walking or driving, cell phones increase traffic, pedestrian fatalities
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Cell phones are a danger on the road in more ways than one. Two new studies show that talking on the phone while traveling, whether you're driving or on foot, is increasing both pedestrian deaths and those of drivers and ...
Poor suffer disproportionately from road crashes: study
Jun 15, 2009 |
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The poor are disproportionately victims of road crashes, with the number of deaths set to nearly double in two decades, according to the first global assessment of road safety released on Monday.
Access to motorbikes without taking a prior exam increases the number of accidents
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Pedestrians and motorcyclists continue to be those most vulnerable in traffic accidents. A team of researchers has demonstrated an increase in the number of injuries among users of lightweight motorcycles ...
Keeping children safe: Rethinking design
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Injury is the leading cause of death for children over the age of 1 in industrialized countries and improving the safety of the manmade (built) environment will benefit children's health, according to an article in CMAJ (Canad ...
1950s scandal haunts Japan
Jun 18, 2007 |
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Scientists in Japan say people who consumed powdered milk laced with arsenic in the 1950s are currently experiencing a higher rate of traffic deaths.
