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Motor-vehicle Safety : a 20th Century Public Health Achievement
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May 14, 1999
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Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1999 May 14;48(18):369-74.
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Journal Article:Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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Description:The reduction of the rate of death attributable to motor-vehicle crashes in the United States represents the successful public health response to a great technologic advance of the 20th century-the motorization of America. Six times as many people drive today as in 1925, and the number of motor vehicles in the country has increased 11-fold since then to approximately 215 million. The number of miles traveled in motor vehicles is 10 times higher than in the mid-1920s. Despite this steep increase in motor-vehicle travel, the annual death rate has declined from 18 per 100 million vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in 1925 to 1.7 per 100 million VMT in 1997-a 90% decrease.
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ISSN:0149-2195 (print);1545-861X (digital);
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Pages in Document:6 pdf pages
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Volume:48
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Issue:18
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