Sentences with phrase «traffic injuries and deaths»

horrific national statistics involving traffic injuries and deaths.

-- Difference between car users and pedestrians or cyclists in traffic injuries and deaths, on a per - trip basis.

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By focusing on the safety of passengers, Tesla vehicles have avoided vehicle collisions that could have led to critical injuries and deaths, by extension, causing traffic.

The NRA takes no responsibility for the deaths and injuries caused by the traffic in guns.

Alcohol is associated with 40 percent of all suicide attempts, 40 percent of all traffic deaths, 54 percent of all violent crimes and 10 percent of all work - related injuries.

Conclusions and Implications for Public Health Practice: Although the annual rate is declining, unintentional injury remains the leading cause of death among children and adolescents in the United States, led by motor vehicle traffic — related deaths.

CAIP addresses the most serious forms of suspected child abuse and maltreatment including sexual assault, physical injury, witnessing violence, child death and child trafficking.

'' Failure to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks is the leading cause of injury and death in New York City traffic, and that's why the City's Right of Way Law is an essential part of Vision Zero,» said Paul Steely White, Executive Director of Transportation Alternatives.

The nearly 33,000 road deaths and more than 3.9 million injuries in 2010 cost Americans $ 871 billion in economic loss and societal harm, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

One of the obvious consequences of increased development will be more deaths and injuries from traffic accidents, and tobacco - related deaths are also expected to surge, accounting for 10 percent of all fatalities by 2015.

Road - traffic safety aims to reduce the harm (deaths, injuries, and property damage) resulting from crashes of road vehicles traveling on public roads.

«Although we did not find the overall traffic - related fatality rate to predict policy adoption, the size of the population ages 15 to 24 years — the group most at risk for death and injury from impaired driving — was associated with first time policy adoption, suggesting that states might be initially more receptive to regulation when it involves protecting younger populations,» said study author Diana Silver, associate professor of public health at NYU Steinhardt and NYU College of Global Public Health.

In addition, traffic - related deaths and industrial injuries tend to increase during periods of economic growth.

A shortage of sleep is to blame for some 100,000 traffic accidents, 76,000 injuries, and 1,500 deaths a year.

The Traffic Safety Program is funded by federal grants and is focused on reducing deaths, injuries, and costs associated with motor vehicle crashes.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is responsible for reducing deaths, injuries and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes.

The Department will need to continue to work to understand this increase and step up efforts to reduce the number of deaths and injuries through Department programs and activities at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), and the Office of the Secretary (OST).

In 2009, NHTSA launched the Not - in - Traffic Surveillance (NiTS) crash database of nontraffic events resulting in injuries and deaths, which can be used to calculate a national annual estimate.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has recorded another 146 complaints, with eight accidents, two injuries and two deaths.

These include unpaid fines for personal injury or death caused if the debtor was charged with driving under the influence and traffic tickets, as well as court - ordered criminal restitution or any debts that arose from fraud.

Outdoor animals are at risk of injury or death from poor weather, traffic, and local wildlife.

It's not even talking about injuries and death from traffic accidents.

As cities work to address decades - long issues of equity in street design (low - income people in particular have a disproportionate risk of death or injury caused by traffic crashes), effective bike share station placement and planning can help close the gap by increasing pedestrian visibility at intersections, providing pedestrian refuge areas, protecting bike lanes and pedestrian plazas, and extending the reach of transit.

As of October 29, there have been 209 traffic - related deaths and 36,461 injuries.

Traffic accidents involving oil and gas trucks are more likely to result in serious injuries and death to occupants of passenger vehicles involved in the collision due to the massive weight of the truck and the type of cargo being hauled.

It's not uncommon for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the companies themselves to issue a recall after discovering a defect because the stakes are so high when it comes to motorcycle - related injuries and deaths.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHSTA) estimates that around 342,000 trucks were involved in reported crashes in 2013 and those accidents resulted in 95,000 injuries and 3,964 deaths.

Pedestrians who are involved in traffic accidents are at an increased risk of suffering a grave bodily injury and / or death.

To raise pedestrian safety awareness, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released pedestrian accident statistics from 2012 that show that hit by a car injuries and deaths happen far more often than most people think:

The Traffic Injury Research Foundation addresses this issue and its future trends in detail and emphasizes the importance of finding new effective initiatives to prevent so many deaths and injuries.

Negligent and distracted driving play a big role in the majority of traffic accidents, and since World War Two, traffic accidents have been a leading cause of deaths and injuries in this country.

However, with the growing number of cyclists injured in Chicago, the city has launched a plan called Vision Zero Action Plan in an effort to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries.

If you or your teenager has been injured in a drunk - driving traffic accident, the personal injury attorneys and wrongful death lawyers at Abels & Annes offer free and confidential appointments to discuss your rights.

That year, Torrance traffic accidents caused 889 injuries and deaths.

In the United States, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has estimated that driver fatigue causes 100,000 crashes, 71,000 injuries, 1,550 deaths, and $ 12.5 - billion in monetary damages each year.

A violation of this statute is considered a noncriminal traffic infraction, however if there is a personal injury or willful violation of the statutory requirements, it constitutes a third degree felony; and, if the crash results in a death or a willful violation of the statutory requirements, it constitutes a first degree felony, which carries a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of two years.

If you or your child has been involved in a traffic accident, the Chicago injury attorneys and wrongful death lawyers at Abels & Annes offer you a free and confidential consultation to discuss your rights.

Traffic mishaps caused by drunk, impaired or distracted driving — and which in turn cause life - changing injury and wrongful death — are the most avoidable of all accidents.

While there has been a steady reduction in commercial vehicle fatalities and serious injuries since 2000, semi-tractor trailers were involved in a majority of traffic - related deaths and injuries.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that around 342,000 trucks were involved in reported crashes in 2013 and those accidents resulted in 95,000 injuries and 3,964 deaths.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2014 bicyclists accounted for roughly 2 % of all traffic deaths and 2 % of all crash - related inTraffic Safety Administration, in 2014 bicyclists accounted for roughly 2 % of all traffic deaths and 2 % of all crash - related intraffic deaths and 2 % of all crash - related injuries.

If you or your child has been involved in a traffic - related accident, the Chicago injury attorneys and wrongful death lawyers at Abels & Annes offer you a free and confidential consultation to discuss your rights.

Nationwide, bicycle accidents last year killed 716 and injured 52,000, compared to 701 deaths and 43,000 injuries in 2007, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Traffic accidents involving cars and other motor vehicles cause thousands of injuries and deaths every year.

Defects in cars and other motor vehicles may also be responsible for the occurrence of traffic accidents and victims» resulting deaths and injuries.

Negligent car and truck drivers and defective motor vehicles regularly cause traffic accident injuries and deaths.

A driver's violation of such rules and traffic laws, which include speed limits, rules regarding rights of way, lane - changing rules, and others, will be considered negligence per se on the part of a driver whose rule or law violation is found to have caused a motorcyclist's injury or death.

The negligence of one or more drivers is a common cause of traffic accidents and the injuries and deaths that may result from such accidents.

Mr. Murphy also has represented numerous defendants, including Archer Daniels Midland and TruGreen ChemLawn, in wrongful death and personal injury litigation arising from vehicular traffic accidents.

In Kansas, death or serious injury caused by a traffic accident has devastated and continues to devastate Kansan lives and...