Tag: Travel Safety: Motor Vehicle Injury

More than 42,000 people died on U.S. highways last year -- down slightly from 2021

Car crash fatalities up in these states, but opioid overdose deaths down

Increased risks seen for placental abruption, prolonged uterine contractions, antepartum hemorrhage, cesarean delivery

Decrease seen in number of collisions as drivers and increase in injuries seen as pedestrians and cyclists following policy amendment

Program reduces frequency of long glances and lessens variation in lane position compared with control program

Higher death rate in 2019 compared with other high-income countries; increase in death rate seen in U.S. from 2015 to 2019

NHTSA says accidents resulted in six deaths and five people being seriously injured

Only 8 percent of providers say they have adequate knowledge to assess driving readiness among autistic patients

Almost two-thirds of pediatric spinal fractures in the U.S. occur in patients aged 15 to 17 years, most often due to motor vehicle accidents

NHTSA says speed is main problem, as well as increased use of alcohol, marijuana, and opioids