motor vehicle crashes led to approximately 40,999 deaths—a minor decrease from the previous year’s count of 40,990 fatalities—representing a dip of 3.6% in terms of million vehicle miles traveled. This decline brings a cautious sense of optimism within the context...
According to the RAC the average cost of running a new car in the UK is GBP 5,000 (US$ 9,000) per year, or roughly 1/3 of the average net wage, a situation reflected in most other Western nations. Nevertheless demand for automobiles remains high and inelasic, suggesting that its ...
These auto safety standards significantly reduced traffic fatalities. Between 1968 and 1979, the annual motor vehicle death rate decreased 35.2 percent, from 5.4 to 3.5 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles. The seat belt requirement is usually considered the most important and effective safety ...
In 1970, the worst year on record, there were 718,080 traffic accidents, with 16,765 fatalities (excluding Okinawa Prefecture). Compared with Europe and the United States, where a greater percentage of accidents involved only automobiles, Japan had a higher percentage of fatalities involving automo...
These 12 estimates were then averaged to estimate the observed number of automobile fatalities per year. The number of automobile fatalities associated with a particular ZCTA over this time span correlated very highly with the Census estimates of the total population in the area; r = 0.79. ...
Drivers and passengers in India see about 12 percent of global road fatalities, and more than 80 percent of road accidents involve some aspect of driver error.9 AVs have the potential to reduce traffic congestion and improve safety and fuel efficiency. However, neither industry...
Road traffic injuries account for 1.3 million deaths per year world-wide. Mitigating both fatalities and injuries requires a detailed understanding of the tolerance of the human body to external load. To identify research priorities, it is necessary to periodically compare trends in injury tolerance ...
“A 2030 target to road fatalities globally from the current 1.2 million per year to 600,000 worldwide it’s ambitious but achievable, if we can get political support and increase synergies and collaboration within the road safety community”- Andrew McKellar, FIA General Secretary of Automobile...
Steelbird production capacity for this programme is 240,000 helmets per year with a total production capacity secured by all the partners of 420,000 helmets per year. The FIA has been working on this highly ambitious initiative to facilitate the deployment of a motorcycle helmet that meets UN ...
[25]. Acute lead poisoning from uncontrolled occupational exposures could result in fatalities while chronic overexposure causes severe damage to the haematopoietic, nervous, cardiovascular, urinary, and reproductive systems [20]. In adults but particularly in children, the main target for lead toxicity...