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    injured in motor vehicle collisions in 2013. This makes motor vehicle collisions the leading cause of death among young adults of 15–29 years of age (360...
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    Epidemiology of motor vehicle collisions Traffic collision Road traffic safety Smeed's law List of countries by vehicles per capita Nations: List of motor...
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    A traffic collision, also known as a motor vehicle collision (car crash in case cars are involved in the collision), occurs when a vehicle collides with...
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    United Airlines Flight 232 (category Aviation accidents and incidents caused by loss of control)
    of fly, and incur the much greater risk of driving (see Epidemiology of motor vehicle collisions). The FAA estimates that a regulation that all children...
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  • value of 52 for the EU-28. In Germany, France, the UK and Italy, this score is respectively 33, 46, 28, 44. Epidemiology of motor vehicle collisions Reported...
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  • road traffic incident (including vehicle collision, pedestrian–bicycle collisions, pedestrian–pedestrian collisions etc.) a marine accident (sailing ship...
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    as a result of media manipulation by the US automobile industry. Physical examples of accidents include unintended motor vehicle collisions, tongue biting...
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    collision reconstruction is the process of investigating, analyzing, and drawing conclusions about the causes and events during a vehicle collision....
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  • Connected Vehicle (CV) and Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (CAV). Braess's paradox Data flow Dijkstra's algorithm Epidemiology of motor vehicle collisions Floating...
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    were killed due to traffic collisions. Notwithstanding the high number of fatalities, the trend of motor vehicle collision is showing a decrease. Road...
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    roadway and motor vehicle designs have steadily reduced injury and death rates in all first world countries. Nevertheless, auto collisions are the leading...
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    compartment syndrome. The cause is typically trauma such as a fall or motor vehicle collision. Risk factors include osteoporosis and certain sports such as skiing...
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    fractures are most commonly caused by high velocity trauma (e.g. motor vehicle collisions), while closed fractures most commonly occur from sports injuries...
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  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from public domain works of the U.S. Department of Transportation)
    enforcing Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards as well as regulations for motor vehicle theft resistance and fuel economy, as part of the Corporate Average...
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    Airbag (category Vehicle parts)
    collisions, such as many multivehicle collisions. An extremely dangerous situation occurs during "underride collisions", in which a passenger vehicle...
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  • Retrieved 2010-12-22. Jahani, M (2003). "Hepatitis B carriers in large vehicle drivers of Iran". Vaccine. 21 (17–18): 1948–1951. doi:10.1016/S0264-410X(02)00805-8...
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    kinds of collisions that appear in official data (i.e. police, hospital, or insurance data). It is known that collisions where a motorised vehicle is not...
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  • were injured in alcohol-related collisions in 2003. Approximately 60% of the BAC values for motor vehicle collisions are missing or unknown. To analyze...
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    Whiplash (medicine) (category Injuries of neck)
    a train collision was documented around 1919. The number of whiplash injuries has since risen sharply due to rear-end motor vehicle collisions. Given the...
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    Vehicular suicide (category Traffic collisions)
    use of the word accident implies traffic collisions are unintentional, and because traffic collisions are already so frequent. The percentage of suicides...
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    the act of driving under the influence of alcohol. A small increase in the blood alcohol content increases the relative risk of a motor vehicle crash....
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    than 2% of crashes result from suicidal intent. A study in Switzerland indicated that 1% of deaths by suicide involved a motor vehicle collision. Rail suicide...
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    The discipline of forensic epidemiology (FE) is a hybrid of principles and practices common to both forensic medicine and epidemiology. FE is directed...
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    Hangman's fracture (category Injuries of neck)
    object with the neck in extension. The most common scenario is a frontal motor vehicle accident with an unrestrained passenger or driver, with the person striking...
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    bladder, or vaginal trauma. Common causes include falls, motor vehicle collisions, a vehicle hitting a pedestrian, or a direct crush injury. In younger...
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    heart. Considerable force is needed to cause a cervical fracture. Vehicle collisions and falls are common causes. A severe, sudden twist to the neck or...
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    Blunt trauma (category Causes of death)
    blunt trauma and is the most common example of this injury. 75% of BAT occurs in motor vehicle crashes, in which rapid deceleration may propel the driver into...
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    Major trauma (category Causes of death)
    of major trauma, blunt and penetrating, including falls, motor vehicle collisions, stabbing wounds, and gunshot wounds. Depending on the severity of injury...
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    object. About 70% of cases result from motor vehicle collisions, most often when the chest strikes the inside of the car. Falls, assaults, and sports injuries...
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    increases the risk of motor vehicle collisions and falls. Narcolepsy generally occurs anytime between early childhood and 50 years of age, and most commonly...
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