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The authors used national statistics on transport and deaths police reports, and data on regional Gross ... increased by almost 11% in 2005, and road traffic deaths are expected to rise a further 92 ...
... gas remains at $4 a gallon or higher for a year or more, traffic deaths could drop by more than 1,000 per ... of Harvard Medical School.
The research included death rates and gas-price changes from 1985 ...
Rising prices at the gas pump appear to be having at least one positive effect: Traffic deaths around the country are plummeting, just as they did during the Arab oil embargo three decades ago.
... ) -- 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 ...
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...
... means of stemming the global epidemic of road traffic death and injury. Low income countries ... million by 2020. It is thought that nine out of ten deaths will occur in low and middle income countries ...
... actually had a "life-saving effect" in pedestrian and traffic accidents, Loeb notes. "Cell-phone ... medical response actually reduced the number of traffic deaths for a time," Loeb hypothesizes.
However ...
About 85 percent of countries lack adequate laws to address the problem of traffic deaths and injuries, according to a new report from the World Health Organization.
... -way streets, have any significant impact on traffic accidents and injuries.
The review included 22 ... get worse."
"Considering the expected rise in traffic deaths over the next few years, the epidemic ...
... dropping the minimum legal drinking age from 21 to 18 or 19 will lead to more alcohol-related teen traffic deaths in those affected states, a University of Michigan researcher says that ...
CHICAGO (AP) -- Could voting for president be hazardous to your health? An analysis of Election Day traffic deaths dating back to Jimmy Carter's 1976 win suggests yes ...
... and staff physician at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, "indeed, we found a significant increase in traffic deaths on election days."
The investigation looked at all US presidential election days ...
