Tag: Travel Safety: Motor Vehicle Injury
Side-by-Side Utility Terrain Vehicles Tied to More Significant Hand Injuries
Riders experience significantly more mutilating hand injuries, amputations than riders of all-terrain vehicles
Driving Skills at Licensure Can Predict Crashes Early in Licensure
Crash risk was 10 percent lower than average for the best performing 'No Issues' Driving Class
Cannabis Legalization, Commercialization Linked to Traffic Injuries
Threefold increase reported in quarterly rate of cannabis-involved traffic injury ED visits during commercialization
U.S. Pedestrian Deaths at Highest Level in 41 Years
Most of these accidents happened after dark and passenger cars were involved in most of the crashes
~5 Percent Have Seizure While Driving Prior to Epilepsy Diagnosis
Most of the seizures while driving were focal with impaired awareness; many had no recollection of accident
Electric Car Power Chargers Safe for Patients With Cardiac Devices
Researchers find no evidence of clinically relevant electromagnetic interference
U.S. Roadway Deaths Marked Small Decline in 2022
More than 42,000 people died on U.S. highways last year -- down slightly from 2021
Recreational Cannabis Tied to Unintended Harms, Benefits
Car crash fatalities up in these states, but opioid overdose deaths down
Adverse Maternal Outcomes Up With Motor Vehicle Crashes in Pregnancy
Increased risks seen for placental abruption, prolonged uterine contractions, antepartum hemorrhage, cesarean delivery
Cognitive Screening Test at License Renewal Explored for Seniors
Decrease seen in number of collisions as drivers and increase in injuries seen as pedestrians and cyclists following policy amendment
