Traffic Safety and the DriverExamines deaths, injuries, and property damage from traffic crashes. Evans (research scientist, General Motors Research Labs, Warren, Michigan) applies the methods of science to illuminate the characteristics of these problems--their origin and nature as well as their severity. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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... million people were killed on US roads ; more than half a million from 1969. Traffic deaths from 1977 through 1988 exceeded all US battle deaths in all wars from the revolutionary war through the Vietnam war . Injuries outnumber deaths ...
... million people were killed on US roads ; more than half a million from 1969. Traffic deaths from 1977 through 1988 exceeded all US battle deaths in all wars from the revolutionary war through the Vietnam war . Injuries outnumber deaths ...
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... million people are killed each year in traffic crashes [ Hutchinson 1987 ] , and approximately one person in 200 in the world's population dies from injuries received in traffic crashes [ Trinca et al . 1988 ] . These losses are spread ...
... million people are killed each year in traffic crashes [ Hutchinson 1987 ] , and approximately one person in 200 in the world's population dies from injuries received in traffic crashes [ Trinca et al . 1988 ] . These losses are spread ...
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... million vehicles for 248 million people ) . As the degree of motorization increases , there is a decrease in the number of deaths per registered vehicle ; the largest rate in Table 1-1 is 150 times the smallest . This same pattern ...
... million vehicles for 248 million people ) . As the degree of motorization increases , there is a decrease in the number of deaths per registered vehicle ; the largest rate in Table 1-1 is 150 times the smallest . This same pattern ...
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... million people in the District of Columbia as compared to 324 in Wyoming . Degree of motorization and degree of urbanization influence the number of fatalities , and the fraction of these that are pedestrians . Thus , while the data in ...
... million people in the District of Columbia as compared to 324 in Wyoming . Degree of motorization and degree of urbanization influence the number of fatalities , and the fraction of these that are pedestrians . Thus , while the data in ...
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... million ( rather than 3.42 million ) injuries per year , and 94 , rather than 74 , injuries per fatality . The above discussion of injuries has focused on the US , and shown the difficulties associated with injury measurements . Trinca ...
... million ( rather than 3.42 million ) injuries per year , and 94 , rather than 74 , injuries per fatality . The above discussion of injuries has focused on the US , and shown the difficulties associated with injury measurements . Trinca ...
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