Highway Safety: Trends in Highway Fatalities 1975-1987

Abstract

The National Safety Council reports that since 1948, there have been about 100,000 accidental deaths per year and, on the average, almost half of these deaths resulted from motor vehicle accidents. Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of accidental death overall and the leading cause of accidental death for persons age 1 to 74. For persons 75 and older, motor vehicle accidents are the second leading cause of death from accidents, exceeded only by deaths resulting from falls. Deaths from motor vehicle accidents are a special problem for the youth of our country. In 1984, almost three fourths of all accidental deaths for persons age 15-24 resulted from motor vehicle accidents, and these deaths accounted for almost 40 percent of all deaths for that age group.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA282258

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accident Investigations
  • Accidents
  • Age Groups
  • Automobiles
  • Collisions
  • Databases
  • Hazards
  • Law
  • Motor Vehicle Accidents
  • Motor Vehicles
  • New York
  • Passengers
  • Quality Control
  • Standards
  • Surface Properties
  • Transportation
  • United States

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