The repercussions of fatalities from vehicle accidents extend significantly, both economically and emotionally. In 2022, the financial impact of traffic collisions was estimated at approximately $340 billion, which equates to nearly 3% of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP). This substantial co...
Report: US lagging in reducing auto fatalitiesJOAN LOWY
The best indicator available for this disutility is the number of fatalities per million of inhabitants of seven modes of transportation [4], as shown in Fig.3, and Table2. Fig. 3. (Source: Adapt [4]) Fatalities per Mode per Million of Inhabitants in the USA Full size image Table 2....
Memphis is often regarded as one of the most dangerous cities in the United States, not only because of its high crime rates but also due to factors like traffic fatalities, financial instability and vulnerability to natural disasters. In the first half of 2024, Memphis reported 129 homicides,...
To prioritize safety, Buttigieg said his department is embracing a new “safe system” approach urged by auto safety advocates to bolster initiatives already underway in several cities that seek to eliminate fatalities by taking into account the whole system rather than just driver behavior. ...
The fatalities bring the death toll from exploding Takata air bags to at least 32 worldwide, including 23 in theUnited States. 1968 DODGE CHARGER RESURRECTED AS A 'HELLUCINATION' Takata used ammonium nitrate to create a small explosion to inflate air bags in a crash...
The new proposals come amid a tragic — but entirely predictable — rise in the number of traffic fatalities. Even as fewer Americans were on the road driving during the pandemic, close to 39,000 people were killed during 2020 — the highest number of deaths since 2007. And 2021 is shaping...
To observers of gun violence in this country, the grim statistical marker has been all but inevitable. Gunshots were the second leading cause of death in 2016 among children aged 1-19, the researchers report. But sharp rises in such fatalities since then, especially in 2020 as the COVID-19...
The National Highway and Safety Administration blames the trend for at least 14 crashes and eight fatalities, but lawyers suing the carmakers say the number is likely much higher. Morgan Kornfeind was driving to a yoga class in Portland, Oregon, at the end of March w...
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he is bringing inmore funeral directors as coronavirus deaths across the state hit a third-straight daily record with 799 fatalities. "We're in a battle, right, but this is about a war," Cuomo said at a press conference in Albany. "Before you start talk...