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Motor Vehicle Safety
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 According to the CDC, more than 41,000 people in the United States die in motor vehicle crashes each year, and crash injuries result in about 500,000 hospitalizations and four million emergency department visits annually. The economic burden of motor vehicle-related deaths and injuries is also enormous, costing the United States more than $150 billion each year.
CDC's Injury Center has several resources for motor vehicle safety, including fact sheets, activities, and research priorities. To access these resources, visit http://www.cdc.gov/health/motor.htm.
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Mission: Save lives, prevent injuries and reduce economic costs due to road traffic crashes, through education, research, safety standards and enforcement activity.
This organization has several resources to help local health departments and community organizations including presentations, grants, a safety materials catalog, studies and reports, as well as additional resources. For more information and access to these resources, visit www.nhtsa.dot.gov/.
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Impaired Driving Prevention in Rural Communities
Impaired Driving Prevention in Rural Communities is a compendium of programs undertaken by local health departments (LHDs) in rural jurisdictions to combat the problem of impaired driving. This compendium profiles select rural LHDs, their approaches to addressing impaired driving, successes they have achieved, and the obstacles they have encountered during program implementation. A free PDF download of this resource is available at http://www.naccho.org/publications/HPDP/. |
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| Researchers Have Mapped the Deadliest Roads in the United States
Researchers at the University of Minnesota's Center for Excellence in Rural
Safety (CERS) developed www.saferoadmaps.org, so you can simply enter your
address to see a map or satellite image of all of the road fatalities that have
occurred in the area. Users can narrow their search to see the age of the
driver, whether speeding or drinking was a factor, and if the driver was wearing
a seat belt. For more information, visit www.saferoadmaps.org.
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Columbus (OH) Public Health Teen Traffic Safety Mini Grants
Teen Traffic Safety Mini Grants targeted high school students at 14 out of 41 Franklin County high schools addressing the public health issue of injury prevention, specifically motor vehicle related injury and death. The goal of the program was to increase high school student safety belt use by implementing safety belt utilization education and demonstration programs, as well as by giving student groups ownership of the traffic safety programming in 14 high schools.
For more information visit:
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 Rising Gas Prices Appear to be Lowering Number of Traffic Deaths
Rising prices at the gas pump appear to be having at least one positive effect: Traffic deaths around the country are plummeting, just as they did during the Arab oil embargo three decades ago. Researchers with the National Safety Council report a 9 percent drop in motor vehicle deaths overall through May compared with the first five months of 2007, including a drop of 18 percent in March and 14 percent in April. To learn more, visit
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| Conferences and Events |
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NHTSA's "Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest." Campaign
August 15- September 1, 2008
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is sponsoring the 2008 Impaired Driving National Enforcement Crackdown. The campaign homepage features resources such as a law enforcement action kit, crackdown timeline, media materials, posters and creative materials, tv and radio spots, and spanish materials. For more information and acces to these resources, visit http://stopimpaireddriving.org/.
Child Passenger Safety Week
September 21-27, 2008
National Seat Check Saturday and Child Passenger Safety Week provide communities and organizations an opportunity to join together through public information, education, and enforcement efforts to work toward increasing the correct use of safety seats and booster seats by focusing public attention on the lifesaving benefits that will help to significantly reduce death and serious injury to children. For more information, visit
2009 Lifesavers Conference March 29- April 1, 2009
Nashville, TN Lifesavers is the premier national highway safety meeting in the United States dedicated to reducing the tragic toll of deaths and injuries on our nation's roadways. The conference addresses a wide range of safety topics, from child passenger safety and occupant protection to roadway and vehicle safety and technology. It offers the latest information on advances in highway safety, highlights successful programs and draws attention to emerging safety issues. For more information about the conference, visit
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