Sentences with phrase «of road death»

RoadPeace is the national charity for road crash victims and has been helping families cope with the aftermath of road death and injury since 1992.

The police investigate all cases of road death that may result in a defendant being charged with an offence.

A study published by the group today says that Britain is among the best performing countries when it comes to the number of road deaths per head of the population.

CTC believes the number of road deaths could be reduced more effectively by concentrating on improving the road network and the criminal justice system.

For instance, autonomous vehicles could eventually prevent tens of thousands of road deaths; optogenetics — using genetic engineering and light to manipulate brain cell activity — could help cure or manage debilitating neurological diseases; and materials like graphene could ensure more people than ever have access to cheap clean water.

Young, inexperienced drivers have the highest accident rates on the road - they account for 25 per cent of road deaths, and one in five will crash within their first year of driving.

Speeding fines are pursued by government because they are easy to enforce, not because they are a huge cause of road deaths.

«Reducing road deaths to zero, if just for one day, would be a powerful shake up to a slowdown in the decrease in the number of road deaths,» commented Sarah Sillars, IAM RoadSmart chief executive officer.

Unfortunately, they also, account for a whopping 34 percent of road deaths across India, as per the data compiled by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.

Roughly 40 % of the road deaths are related to driving under the influence.

We would hope that this would help reduce the number of road deaths in the UK.»

«The number of road deaths involving young people is a serious issue that needs our attention.

Not exact matches

Flying bullets aside, the state has the second - highest number of yearly road deaths per 100,000 drivers (7.9).

Over 10 percent of interstate highway deaths involve people who are outside of their cars on the road or shoulder.

Of the more than 600,000 global road traffic deaths that occur each year, China's comprise more than a third, with 220,000, according to Bloomberg's Global Road Safety Progroad traffic deaths that occur each year, China's comprise more than a third, with 220,000, according to Bloomberg's Global Road Safety ProgRoad Safety Program.

The top three causes of adolescent death across the world are road injuries, lower respiratory infections, and self - harm.

The far - reaching consequences of the recent drop in oil prices have been a testimony to just how central crude is in American life: With cheap gasoline bringing more drivers onto the road, traffic deaths were up nearly 10 percent in the first nine months of 2015.

Two business owners in Ferguson, Missouri share their road to recovery, with crowdfunding and loans, following the shooting death of Michael Brown.

Jim Rickards, the author of «Currency Wars,» «The Death of Money,» and «The New Case for Gold,» and most recently «The Road to Ruin,» is no stranger to financial meltdowns.

WASHINGTON, March 20 - A U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday will ask automakers and regulators why tens of millions of vehicles with faulty Takata air bag inflators remain on the road years after deaths prompted the largest auto safety recall in history.

WASHINGTON, March 20 (Reuters)- A U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday will ask automakers and regulators why tens of millions of vehicles with faulty Takata air bag inflators remain on the road years after deaths prompted the largest auto safety recall in history.

Though the arrival of the robot car promised a dramatic reduction in the 1.25 million road traffic deaths that occur around the globe each year, there was also the sneaking suspicion that someday, for some reason, a self - driving vehicle would cause a collision — perhaps because of a string of bad code, an unexpected equipment failure, or an impossible decision.

That means making sure prices cover not only the direct costs of supplying energy but also the environmental externalities associated with production and use of fossil fuels — the waste water (which increases a variety of risks), and the broader side effects from vehicle use — congested roads, traffic deaths, and so on.

The height of the trailer and its position in the road led to the rare circumstance of such an impact on the electric vehicle that led to the driver's death.

Although the campaigns are frequently controversial, there's little doubt that the messages they deliver have reduced the number of injuries and deaths on the roads.

This is the first time an autonomous vehicle operating in self - driving mode has resulted in a human death, and that has huge implications for the future of AVs and their use on roads.

Bridgestone Tires: The Beaver in «Sigh of Relief» What could possibly be more entertaining than future road kill bonding with a human over their respective near - death experiences.

One might assign causes, or reasons, for the dripping water, the position of the pool near the road, the choice of the cave, the emergence of the bandits, the presence of the Athenian, the decision to kill him, etc., but his death resulted from the coincidence of many causal series in the «here and now» or «there and then» of his murder.

The U.S. low - intensity - conflict strategy of terror, death, and destruction is meant to demonstrate to third - world peoples the high costs of embarking upon a road to self - determination.

Death seems to be the end of the road, the ultimate weakness.

It may also be a reference to a hardy variety plant which does not dry up in extreme dry summer but a plant that scurvies the summer and provide sustenance to life in hard times.54 In mystical Islam, the road to the stage of intimacy (uns) with God - for - us is reckoned to be lonely, for not many undertake this journey prior to death in a voluntary sort of way.

I can only imagine the number of death threats and hate Emails this guy must be getting from the conservative types who, at one of the first GOP Presidential debates, cheered at the prospect of an uninsured person dying on the road for lack of treatment.

The road that he had followed through the winding hills and valleys of Galilee now led up a hill outside the city of Jerusalem, where Jesus was put to death on a cross.

If death is ever to be conquered medically, then the royal road to death, that of aging bodies and fading minds, must be dealt with.

When the two despondent disciples on the road to Emmaus expressed to the stranger their bewilderment that such a powerful prophet as Jesus should have been condemned to death and be crucified, we are told that the risen Christ «began with Moses and all the prophets, and explained to them the passages which referred to himself in every part of the scriptures».6 The story implies that the Scriptures, when properly interpreted, made it clear that the Messiah was «bound to suffer thus before entering upon his glory» 7 When finally they recognized the identity of this stranger as they shared the evening meal before he vanished from their sight, they said to each other, «Did we not feel our hearts on fire as he talked with us on the road and explained the scriptures to us?»

He is also making Saul's violence the central issue of his conversion — an emphasis that Saul later confirms when he describes his pre - Damascus Road self as one who persecuted the believers to the point of death.

The literary tropes of sex and death in the Twilight series, it has to be said, are well worn, as worn as the ruts in the Roman roads that turned into the standard gauge for European railroads.

«The road of the world... is the road upon which we all fare onward to meet the death of the body.

Come now, highest feast on the road to eternal freedom, Death, lay down the burdensome chains and walls of our temporal body and our blinded soul, that we may finally view what we have been unable to see here.

To whomever God is «real and ever close,» death is, indeed, a «station on the road to freedom,» even «the highest feast,» because one who acted responsibly may now step from the twilight of all our actions into the light of God.

The kind that when you have to wake up at 3:30 am to get to the airport on time — THEY came to the rescue and made your very - early - hardly - any - sleep morning quite happy or that other time you took a 6 am road trip to your favourite city seven hours away and knew you couldn't count on rest stops to fuel you and you'd probably die a slow death of malnourishment instead of being happy you're going on an adventure — they came to your rescue!

No Guts, No Glory Oft - bloodied mountain biker Josh Bender dreams of a 100 - foot jump, but first he has to survive this week's death - defying road - gap leap in Utah

Although the increased use of seat belts and car seats means the number of motor vehicle injuries and deaths has declined, millions of crashes still occur on U.S. roads every year.

Guide her, protect her when crossing the street, stepping onto boats, swimming in the ocean, swimming in pools, walking near pools, standing on the subway platform, crossing 86th Street, stepping off of boats, using mall restrooms, getting on and off escalators, driving on country roads while arguing, leaning on large windows, walking in parking lots, riding Ferris wheels, roller - coasters, log flumes, or anything called «Hell Drop,» «Tower of Torture,» or «The Death Spiral Rock «N Zero G Roll featuring Aerosmith,» and standing on any kind of balcony ever, anywhere, at any age.

OMG this is so how i feel, our park is pretty much like that, the cliff of death, and the play structures for the little kids is right next to the cliff of death and the big kids structure us across the road...

1 death per 27,000 miles of DUI = 0.030 % chance of dying on the road, so I can rewrite that last section this way:

Death due to road traffic accidents is one of the major reasons of childhood mortality (Durkin et al., 1999).

It is my prayer that as you travel down the road of grief and mourning, you will find solace in this group of Mommies Enduring Neonatal Death.

Road related injuries are the leading cause of preventable death and injuries to babies in the US

The agenda must address universal health - care coverage, access and affordability; end preventable maternal, new - born and child deaths and malnutrition ensure the protection, promotion and support of exclusive breastfeeding for six months and continued breastfeeding with adequate complementary feeding for 2 years and beyond ensure the availability of essential medicines; realize women's reproductive health and rights; ensure immunization coverage; eradicate malaria and realize the vision of a future free of AIDS and tuberculosis; reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases, including mental illness, nervous system injuries and road accidents; and promote healthy behaviours, including those related to breastfeeding, water, sanitation and hygiene.