Motor Vehicle Safety |
Automobile Safety; Car Safety; Traffic Accidents |
The result of excessive speed, this cement truck rolls over into the front garden of a house. There were no injuries, but significant damage was caused. A car accident is a collision involving an automobile (car) and anything that causes damage to the automobile, including other automobiles, telephone poles, buildings, and trees. Sometimes a car accident may also refer to an automobile striking a human or animal. Car accidents — also called traffic collisions, auto accidents, road ac ...
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Resources
- .08 BAC (Blood Alcohol Concentration) Illegal Per Se Level (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF File
- 10 Things You Should Know about Jump-Starting a Car Battery (Prevent Blindness America)
- Adapting Motor Vehicles for People with Disabilities (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
- Aggressive Driving (American College of Emergency Physicians)
- Air Bag Safety: Buckle Up Everyone! Children in Back! (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
- Air Bags and Seat Belts When Used Properly Save Lives (National Safety Council)
- Alcohol Alert #31. Drinking and Driving (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
- Alcohol Alert: Alcohol and Transportation Safety (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
- All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) Safety (National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety)
- Awake at the Wheel (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
- Awake at the Wheel (National Center on Sleep Disorders Research) - Links to PDF File (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Information Center, NHLBI, NIH, HHS)
- Buying a Safer Car 2003 (Dept. of Transportation)
- Buying a Safer Car for Child Passengers 2003 (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
- Car Safety Seats: A Guide for Families (2004) (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Cataract Surgery May Reduce Risk of Automobile Crash for Older Drivers (American Medical Association)
- Child Passenger Deaths Involving Drinking Drivers - United States, 1997–2002 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Choosing Car Seats for Children with Special Needs (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Community-Based Interventions to Reduce Motor Vehicle-Related Injuries (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)
- Crisis to Progress: 5 Years of Air Bag Safety in America (National Safety Council)
- Defensive Driving (National Ag Safety Database)
- Dept. of Transportation
- Drive Defensively (National Safety Council)
- Driving at Night (National Safety Council)
- Driving in the Rain (National Safety Council)
- Driving Safely While Aging Gracefully (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
- Driving Toward Disaster? Steer Your Teen Away From Marijuana (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
- Driving When You Have Diabetes (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
- Driving When You Have Glaucoma (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
- Driving When You Have Had a Stroke (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
- Driving When You Have Had Seizures (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
- Driving When You Have Macular Degeneration (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
- Driving When You Have Parkinson’s Disease (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
- Drowsy Driving (National Sleep Foundation)
- Drowsy Driving and Automobile Crashes (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
- Educating Youth About Sleep and Drowsy Driving (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
- Graduated Driver Licensing System (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF File
- Impaired Driving (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Injuries/Deaths of Children Left Unattended in or around Motor Vehicles (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- JAMA Patient Page: Pedestrian Safety (American Medical Association)
- JAMA Patient Page: Teenaged Drivers (American Medical Association)
- KidsWalk-to-School Encourages Pedestrian Safety (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Lawn Mower Safety (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Motor Vehicle Crashes Claim More Than a Million Lives Worldwide (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Motor Vehicle Safety (National Institutes of Health)
- Motor Vehicle Safety (Medline Plus)
- Motorcycle Helmet Use Laws (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF File
- Motorcycle Safety (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- National Safety Council Training Center Directory (National Safety Council)
- NHTSA Dictionary of Child Safety Seat Terms (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
- Older Adult Drivers (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)
- Older Drivers (National Institute on Aging)
- Open Container Laws (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF File
- Other Motorized Vehicles (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Pedestrian Injuries (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)
- Play It Safe: Walking and Biking Safely (Toddlers and Preschoolers) (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
- Post-Traumatic Stress after a Traffic Accident (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Recall Campaigns Database (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
- Reduce Your Risk of Becoming A Carjacking Victim (National Safety Council)
- Repeat Intoxicated Driver Laws (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF File
- Report a Vehicle Safety Problem (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
- Riding Lawnmowers (Consumer Product Safety Commission)
- Rollover Resistance Ratings (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
- Rural Youth Pedestrian-Motor Vehicle Traffic (National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety)
- Safety Issues for Vehicles Adapted for Use by Persons with Disabilities (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
- Saving Teenage Lives: The Case For Graduated Driver Licensing (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
- School Bus Stops: A Risky Part of the Ride (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
- Seat Belts and African Americans (National Safety Council)
- Seat Belts and Hispanics (National Safety Council)
- Seat Belts and Pregnancy (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF File
- Sleep and Safety (National Center on Sleep Disorders Research)
- Snowmobile Injury (National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety)
- Speed (American College of Emergency Physicians)
- Strengthening Child Passenger Safety Laws (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF File
- Strengthening Seat Belt Use Laws (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF File
- Strict Graduated Driver Licensing Laws Associated with Less Teen Drinking and Driving
- Study Finds "Inattention Blindness" in Behind-the-Wheel Cell Phone Users (National Safety Council)
- Traffic Safety Facts 2002: Children (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF File
- Traffic Safety Facts 2002: Older Population (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF File
- Traffic Safety Facts 2002: Overview (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF File
- Traffic Safety Facts 2002: School Transportation-Related Crashes (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF File
- Traffic Safety Facts 2002: Young Drivers (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF File
- Trauma, Burn, and Injury Research at NIH (National Institute of General Medical Sciences)
- Trauma, Burn, and Injury: Resources (National Institute of General Medical Sciences) - Links to burn and trauma organizations. (National Institute of General Medical Sciences)
- Trauma, Burn, Shock, and Injury: Facts and Figures (National Institute of General Medical Sciences)
- Vehicle and License Plate Sanctions (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF File
- What Are Safety Seat Recalls? (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
- What To Do If You Have a Blowout on the Highway (National Safety Council)
- Whiplash (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- Winter Driving (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
- Youth Riding in Pickup Truck Cargo Areas (National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety)

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