Tag: Travel Safety: Motor Vehicle Injury
Most Parents Are Moving Kids Out of Car Booster Seats Too Soon
For the First Time Since the Pandemic, Pedestrian Death Rates Fall in the U.S.
Rates are still above prepandemic levels, however
ADHD Increases Risk for Car Crashes in Older Adults
Findings based on nearly four years of data with in-vehicle recording devices
Side-by-Side Utility Terrain Vehicles Tied to More Significant Hand Injuries
Riders experience significantly more mutilating hand injuries, amputations than riders of all-terrain vehicles
Driving Skills at Licensure Can Predict Crashes Early in Licensure
Crash risk was 10 percent lower than average for the best performing 'No Issues' Driving Class
Cannabis Legalization, Commercialization Linked to Traffic Injuries
Threefold increase reported in quarterly rate of cannabis-involved traffic injury ED visits during commercialization
U.S. Pedestrian Deaths at Highest Level in 41 Years
Most of these accidents happened after dark and passenger cars were involved in most of the crashes
~5 Percent Have Seizure While Driving Prior to Epilepsy Diagnosis
Most of the seizures while driving were focal with impaired awareness; many had no recollection of accident
Electric Car Power Chargers Safe for Patients With Cardiac Devices
Researchers find no evidence of clinically relevant electromagnetic interference
U.S. Roadway Deaths Marked Small Decline in 2022
More than 42,000 people died on U.S. highways last year -- down slightly from 2021
