Epidemiology of motor vehicle collisions

Worldwide, it was estimated that 1.25 million people were killed and many millions more were injured in motor vehicle collisions in 2013.[2] This makes motor vehicle collisions the leading cause of death among young adults of 15–29 years of age (360,000 die a year) and the ninth most frequent cause of death for all ages worldwide.[3] In the United States, 40,100 people died and 2.8 million were injured in crashes in 2017,[4] and around 2,000 children under 16 years old die every year.[5]

  1. ^ "WHO Disease and injury country estimates". World Health Organization. 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  2. ^ World Health Organization. "Number of road traffic deaths". Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Global status report on road safety 2015" (PDF). World Health Organization. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  4. ^ "U.S. vehicle deaths topped 40,000 in 2017, National Safety Council estimates" (Press release). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  5. ^ Dow Chang. "Comparison of Crash Fatalities by Sex and Age Group". nhtsa.dot.gov. Archived from the original on 31 January 2017.
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