Sentences with phrase «large numbers of fatalities»

A large number of these fatalities are due to texting and driving.

Many experts attribute this large number of fatalities to unique aspects of wind power development in northern California, such as the unusually large number of turbines (over 5,000), the type of turbines in the region, and the presence of abundant raptor prey in the area.

Not surprisingly, pedestrian accidents account for a large number of fatalities involving automobiles.

The NHTSA also found the overwhelming majority of bicycle - related deaths in 2014 occurred to males, with the age bracket of 20 - 24 comprising the largest number of fatalities.

Despite such a seemingly large number of fatalities, the issue received little attention by lawmakers or the justice system.

This data indicates that the number of ATV deaths is accelerating and that a large number of these fatalities are children under 16.

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Compared with the effects of the radiation exposure from Fukushima, «the number of expected fatalities are never going to be that large,» says Thomas McKone, of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health.

The BRS virus is equivalent to the human RS virus and causes most of the cases of serious pneumonia that lead to fatalities in calves and to epidemics which can spread to a large number of farms in the same area.

Analysis also indicates that not only are large cities home to the majority of pedestrian deaths, but also the lowest income neighborhoods within large cities have disproportionate number of fatalities.

Due to the number of fatalities involving large trucks in work zones and the fact that each year approximately 25 percent of all fatal work zone crashes involve large trucks, FHWA has been working with FMCSA, NHTSA, and other stakeholders to develop strategies to reduce large truck crashes and fatalities in work zones.

The authors note that the prevalence of «pit bull - type dogs» in «the... number of cases that resulted in very severe injuries or fatalities» may be accounted for in large part because of «the popularity of the breed in the victim's community, reporting biases and the dog's treatment by its owner (e.g., use as fighting dogs — note 21).»

This doesn't negate the issue but does require that we recognize that a much larger number of dog breeds are responsible for these horrific bites / fatalities.

The report tragically found that traffic fatalities rose from 2016 in almost all categories, with the largest number of deaths occurring in incidents where a driver was inattentive or speeding.

There are a large number of bicycle accidents, injuries, and fatalities every year in Chicago even though safety features like designated bicycle lanes continue to be added.

The number of fatalities involving large commercial vehicles has risen dramatically since 2009, by more than 14 percent.

Notable mandates: Defence of class actions in the health - care sector; acted for the government of the Northwest Territories in its successful defence at the Supreme Court of Canada of a fatality claim arising from the death of nine miners; represented a large number of former residential schools victims in their claims; acted for the vendor in a transaction involving the sale of 120 rehabilitation and physiotherapy clinics across Canada

With so many vehicles on the road and in such congested areas, it is no surprise that there are a large number of accidents and fatalities every year throughout the United States.

The Governors» Highway Safety Association estimates that the number of pedestrians killed in 2015 increased by around 10 percent as compared with 2014, which is the largest annual increase in pedestrian fatalities since the federal government began collecting accident data forty years ago.

These car accidents include fatalities as well as a large number of injuries.

To a large extent, this has led to an increase in the number of fatalities on rural roads.

We hope that the installation of these cameras at some of Lakeland's busiest intersections will help save lives, as side - impact collisions result in a large number of traffic fatalities each year.