According to the World Health Organization, “traffic fatalities attract less mass media attention than less frequent types of tragedy.” This is in spite of the fact that traffic fatalities and injuries continue to take a huge toll in the U.S. and are rapidly surging worldwide, which has turned them into a leading cause of death internationally.
This article will attempt to explain the reasons for this growing peril, consider ways of significantly reducing it and focus attention on this important problem confronting us all.
Knowledge Center
Mortality
Reprinted with permission of ON THE RISK, Journal of the Academy of Life Underwriting (www.ontherisk.com).
Traffic Fatalities' Heavy Toll
Causes and Prevention
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- mortality assumptions
- mortality experience
- mortality trends
- motor vehicle records
- MVR
- traffic fatality