From Modest Beginnings to Winnable Battle: 20 Years of Road Safety Efforts at CDC’s Injury Center

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• Alternative Title:
  J Safety Res
• Personal Author:
  Dellinger, Ann M. ; Sleet, David A.
• Description:
  There are now more than 200 million licensed drivers, who drive an average of 13,000 miles per year on 4 million miles of roads. In 2010 crashes resulted in nearly 33,000 deaths and millions of nonfatal injuries. This article describes the Injury Center's response to this public health threat from our beginnings as a small Center in 1992, current motor vehicle injury prevention priorities, and emerging road safety issues that will need attention in the future.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Traffic Article Humans Licensure Public Health Safety Wounds And Injuries
• Source:
  J Safety Res. 43(4):279-282.
• Pubmed ID:
  23127677
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4697824
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Name as Subject:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  43
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:df219f146aeb56d0a0a0184c83b769b12884b78d63f63361da75668f6152d88b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/37161/cdc_37161_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 80.80 KB ]