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Many people, including drivers, crew members, officials and spectators, have been killed in crashes related to the sport of auto racing, in races, in qualifying, in practice or in private testing sessions. (wikipedia.org)
FARS is a census of fatal motor-vehicle crashes that occur on public roadways in the United States and result in the death of an occupant or nonoccupant (e.g., pedestrian or bicyclist) within 30 days of the crash. (cdc.gov)
2,335 (24%) were killed in crashes involving drinking drivers. (cdc.gov)
Of the 2,335 children who died in alcohol-related crashes, 1,588 (68%) were riding with drinking drivers ( Table ). (cdc.gov)
Of the 1,409 drinking drivers involved in these crashes, 956 (68%) survived. (cdc.gov)
The majority of drivers in these crashes survived, suggesting that certain children killed in alcohol-related crashes might have survived had they been restrained properly. (cdc.gov)
Because 60% of alcohol-related crashes involving child passenger deaths occurred during 6 a.m.--9 p.m., enforcement activities of child safety-seat and safety-belt laws (e.g., roadside checkpoints) are needed, especially during daylight hours. (cdc.gov)
Second, for crashes in which a child's driver survived, driver alcohol use might have been underreported because alcohol testing is more complete among fatalities ( 5 ). (cdc.gov)
Despite the violent transportation culture surrounding Herzberg's death, discussion of the crash has almost exclusively focused on the ethics of 'self-driving' technology and who should be held liable for car crashes when both a computer system and a human backup driver are 'driving' the car. (streetsblog.org)
The publication points out that "law enforcement often lacks the technical resources and expertise needed to investigate smartphone use in crashes, and state-by-state differences in how crash information is collected can complicate attempts at the federal level to pinpoint the role of smartphones in the death spike. (mcdonaldworley.com)
In 2006 more than 15,000 Americans died in crashes caused by drunken drivers that year, and that more than 1,500 of those fatalities occurred in California. (alexanderlaw.com)
Programs that grant privileges to new drivers in phases-known as graduated licensing programs-dramatically reduce the rate of teen driver fatal crashes, according to three studies funded by the National Institutes of Health. (nih.gov)
Reductions in fatal crashes were greatest in states that had enacted other restrictions on young drivers. (nih.gov)
The greatest reductions in young driver crashes were seen in states that had adopted graduated driver licensing laws in combination with mandatory seat belt laws or laws requiring a loss of the driver's license as a penalty for possession or use of alcohol by youth aged 20 or younger. (nih.gov)
One of the studies, an analysis of 15- to 17-year-old drivers killed in crashes between 1999 and 2008, concluded that the effect of these laws did not appear to be uniform across racial and ethnic groups. (nih.gov)
Using data from 1990 to 2007, the researchers compared the rate of fatal crashes among two groups of drivers: 16- and 17-year-olds and 21- to 25-year-olds. (nih.gov)
As a result of their analysis, they estimated that laws restricting driving at night reduced fatal crashes at night among 16- and 17-year-old drivers by 10 percent in comparison to states that did not have nighttime driving restrictions. (nih.gov)
Pregnant driver-associated motor vehicle crashes in North Carolina, 2001-2008. (cdc.gov)
Pregnant drivers in crashes were identified by probabilistic linkage of live birth and fetal death records and state motor vehicle crash reports. (cdc.gov)
Forty percent of crashes resulted in driver injuries. (cdc.gov)
Conclusions: North Carolina has a relatively high pregnant driver crash risk among the four U.S. states that have linked vital records and crash reports to examine pregnancy-associated crashes. (cdc.gov)
For teens, car crashes are the leading cause of death. (nih.gov)
Traffic crashes are the leading cause of death for teens and young adults. (healthychildren.org)
As a result, the proportion of alcohol-related traffic crash fatalities as well as the proportion of drivers' alcohol involvement in these crashes increased substantially from data presented in the previous issues of this report. (nih.gov)
The number of alcohol-involved drivers in fatal traffic crashes was 11,838 for male drivers and 2,286 for female drivers. (nih.gov)
These numbers represent about 28.0 and 14.9 percent of the total male and female drivers involved in fatal traffic crashes, respectively. (nih.gov)
In 2004, the BAC testing rate for drivers killed in traffic crashes for the nation as a whole was 74.3 percent. (nih.gov)
About 78 percent of drivers with positive BAC results had BAC scores of 0.10 g/dl or higher at the time of their crashes. (nih.gov)
In 2004, about 22.5 percent of young drivers under age 21 in fatal traffic crashes were involved with alcohol, which is slightly lower than that for drivers ages 21 and older (24.8 percent). (nih.gov)
Drivers' alcohol-involvement in fatal traffic crashes declined from 40.7 to 24.5 percent between 1982 and 2004. (nih.gov)
The BAC testing rate increased from 65.0 to 74.3 percent for drivers killed in fatal traffic crashes during 1982-2004. (nih.gov)

Regardless of whatever technology might be available to drivers, safety for everyone on the street and in the vehicle must always be a driver's first priority. (maricopacountyattorney.org)
All new drivers should take a driver's education course. (medlineplus.gov)
Newspaper articles are expected to be a unique source of data involving circumstances surrounding the driver's death that cannot be found in the other data sources typically used for characterizing work-related fatalities. (cdc.gov)

Alcohol is directly and indirectly responsible for approximately 100,000 deaths annually in the U.S. A significant proportion of alcohol-related deaths are due to traffic fatalities. (nih.gov)
Deaths from cirrhosis and other diseases of the liver account for another substantial proportion of alcohol-related deaths. (nih.gov)
It found a rise in drug- and alcohol-related deaths and suicides that began in the 1990s. (nih.gov)

One of the Healthy People 2010 objectives is to reduce alcohol-related motor vehicle crash deaths to 4.8 per 100,000 population. (nih.gov)

Of 1,451 child passengers with known restraint information who died while riding with drinking drivers, 466 (32%) were restrained at the time of the crash. (cdc.gov)
To decrease alcohol-related crash fatalities among child passengers, communities should implement effective strategies to reduce alcohol-impaired driving, particularly among drivers who transport children. (cdc.gov)
A study by Yale Developmental Neurocognitive Driving Simulation Research Center (DrivSim Lab) faculty, in collaboration with several institutions, takes a closer look at the characteristics of factors contributing to motor-vehicle deaths of 15 to 20-year-old passengers that ride with an impaired driver. (yale.edu)
As the holiday season approaches, Traffic and Highway Patrol officers will continue to be out in force on NSW roads, with the aim of stopping those who choose to break the rules and preventing those drivers and riders, their passengers, and other innocent road users from become further sad statistics," he added. (gerardmaloufpartners.com.au)
He and his accomplices would allegedly pose as passengers, hire cabs, kill the drivers, and sell the cabs in illegal auto markets in Uttar Pradesh. (handsoffcain.info)
In addition, limiting driving at night or with teenaged passengers, in combination with graduated licensing laws, had greater reductions in overall crash rates involving teen drivers than graduated licensing laws alone. (nih.gov)
Drivers and passengers should use automobile safety features at all times. (medlineplus.gov)
New drivers should wait at least 3 to 6 months before taking friends as passengers. (medlineplus.gov)

Rashid, 22, pleaded guilty on 19 January 2017 at Bradford Crown Court to causing death by dangerous driving, driving without a licence, driving without insurance and driving while unfit through drugs. (leighday.co.uk)
Between 2007 and 2017, a total of 209 cyclist's deaths were reported, according to the 10 forces that responded to the request. (cyclingweekly.com)
Cycling UK crowdfunded a legal case against the driver, who was acquitted by a jury at the Old Bailey in April 2017. (cyclingweekly.com)
1 After declining 4.1% from 2017 to 2018, 2 the number of overdose deaths increased 18.2% from the 12-months ending in June 2019 ii to the 12-months ending in May 2020 (Figure 1). (cdc.gov)

E-taxi driver Rafaela Vasquez, 44, was behind the wheel of a Volvo XC90 SUV equipped with 'self-driving' technology that ride hail giant Uber was testing on the streets of Tempe, Ariz., on March 18, 2018, when she struck and killed pedestrian Elaine Herzberg, 49. (streetsblog.org)

4. GBD 2016 Causes of Death Collaborators. (nih.gov)

Though Japhene Campbell understands that her son's death was an accident, she is still in a great deal of pain. (jamaica-gleaner.com)
Phillips' mother, Leila Margaret Phillips-Richards, says her son's death has had a heavy toll on her health, finances and marriage. (fullyloaded.com.au)

A DRUNK driver who can't remember crashing and killing a champion cyclist in Perth has been jailed for more than five years. (perthnow.com.au)
An uninsured and unlicensed driver who killed a cyclist while under the influence of drugs has been sentenced to a total of 10 years' imprisonment. (leighday.co.uk)
The number of drivers who avoid prison after causing the death of a cyclist has been uncovered by campaigners. (cyclingweekly.com)
The statistics, obtained through Freedom of Information requests to 43 police forces, also show less than a third of drivers lose their licence after a fatal crash with a cyclist. (cyclingweekly.com)

The agency estimates that there were 1.26 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled in the first quarter this year, compared to a rate of 1.12 deaths for the same period in 2020. (wthr.com)
But if you're installing the driver on a non-critical system, it will reward you with up to an 8 percent uplift in Death Stranding frame rates, and a 5% uplift in F1 2020 . (tomshardware.com)
The most recent provisional data available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) indicate that approximately 81,230 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States in the 12-months ending in May 2020 (Figure 1). (cdc.gov)
The 12-month count of synthetic opioid deaths increased 38.4% from the 12-months ending in June 2019 compared with the 12-months ending in May 2020 (Figure 1). (cdc.gov)
5,7 In contrast, the largest increases in synthetic opioid deaths from the 12-months ending in June 2019 to the 12-months ending in May 2020 occurred in 10 western states (98.0% increase). (cdc.gov)

To characterize the occurrence of child passenger deaths involving drinking drivers during 1997--2002, CDC analyzed data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. (cdc.gov)

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) - The driver in a hit-and-run crash that killed the father of rapper Nicki Minaj last year was sentenced Wednesday to a year in jail, in keeping with a promise the judge made when the man pleaded guilty in May. (wptv.com)
A GUARDIA CIVIL officer's appeal against a jail term for being responsible for the deaths of three people on the Costa del Sol when he drove while on drinks and drugs has been rejected. (euroweeklynews.com)

Besides drunk drivers there are others behind the wheel who can cause major problems on the roads. (westseattleblog.com)
When a drunk driver causes mayhem you need an experienced personal injury attorney to guide you through the legal process and to be certain that the courts treat you, and not a drunk, as the victim. (alexanderlaw.com)

The NHTSA said drivers continue to exhibit risky behavior on the roads, including speeding, not wearing seat belts, and driving under the influence. (wthr.com)
In June, the NHTSA reported that traffic deaths rose 7% last year to 38,680, the most since 2007. (wthr.com)

An Arizona prosecutor has brought charges of negligent homicide against the first human driver to fail to prevent an imperfect 'self-driving' vehicle from killing a pedestrian - a move that is receiving poor reviews from street safety advocates because of its limited scope. (streetsblog.org)
Alcohol use is also implicated in homicide, suicide, and death from non vehicular injuries. (nih.gov)
Homicide is consistently among the top causes of work-related deaths. (cdc.gov)
While the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and others have reported since the 1990s that the taxicab industry has a very high occurrence of workplace homicide, some are still surprised to learn that taxicab drivers face a greater risk for injury and homicide on the job than those working in law enforcement and security. (cdc.gov)

NSW Police have urged drivers to take more care on the roads this festive season, with a number of car accident injuries and deaths occurring over a short period. (gerardmaloufpartners.com.au)
We focus on eliminating the leading causes of preventable injuries and deaths. (safetyandhealthmagazine.com)

Truck drivers occupied the No. 1 spot on a 1995 Bureau of Labor Statistics report of occupations with the most fatalities. (mcdonaldworley.com)
Many experts suspect the most likely explanation for the surge in traffic deaths is smart phones, but "how the proliferation of smart phones ties into traffic fatalities remains unknown," according to Car and Driver. (mcdonaldworley.com)
The Aug. 17 post highlights the increased risk of injuries, illnesses and fatalities among tractor-trailer drivers. (safetyandhealthmagazine.com)
It notes that truck driver fatalities increased annually from 2009 to 2014 - the most recent years for which data is available. (safetyandhealthmagazine.com)
The laws did not appear to reduce fatalities among Hispanic teen drivers, although they did have an effect among white, African-American and Asian teenagers. (nih.gov)

Results: During the 8-year study period, the estimated risk of being a driver in a crash was 12.6 per 1000 pregnant women. (cdc.gov)

Oscar Pena, 43, plead guilty to driving under the influence and duty to stop at the scene of a crash involving death after he fatally struck Nina Fauble, 22. (reviewjournal.com)
Truck driver fatally injured when the forklift he was operating falls off a loading dock - Massachusetts. (cdc.gov)

Washington - One out of six U.S. workers killed on the job is a tractor-trailer truck driver, according to a recent blog post from the Department of Labor. (safetyandhealthmagazine.com)
A total of 761 tractor-trailer truck drivers were killed in 2014. (safetyandhealthmagazine.com)
Heavy or tractor-trailer truck drivers are three times more likely than other U.S. workers to sustain an injury or illness requiring days away from work. (safetyandhealthmagazine.com)
42 percent of tractor-trailer drivers required at least 31 days. (safetyandhealthmagazine.com)
We hope that this kind of detailed information will help employers improve conditions for tractor-trailer drivers, as well as empower workers with knowledge about the hazards they're likely to encounter," the authors wrote. (safetyandhealthmagazine.com)
Police said a truck driver has been charged with murdering a woman whose body was found in his tractor-trailer in the Costco Distribution Center in Monrovia early Sunday morning. (bing.com)

For all child passenger deaths, including those not involving drinking drivers, child passenger restraint use decreased as both the child's age and BAC of the child's driver increased ( Figure ). (cdc.gov)
Strong enforcement of child safety-seat laws and passage of primary enforcement safety-belt laws (i.e., laws that allow police to stop and ticket a driver solely because an occupant is unbelted) in all states could further reduce child passenger deaths. (cdc.gov)
This analysis shows that among teenage deaths as a passenger in a car, the majority occurred while riding with peer drivers, and discovered that in 27% of these cases the driver had been drinking. (yale.edu)

This increase in deaths should not come as any surprise to the Government. (twu.com.au)

He had already plead guilty in Fauble's death by the time he was sentenced in that case. (reviewjournal.com)
A disqualified driver has been found guilty of causing the death of a "happy and loving" five-year-old who fell under the wheels of his van's trailer. (sky.com)
Hamza Shahid, the driver of the Bentley which police said was racing with the Audi was found not guilty of causing the deaths of the two brothers, from Sedgley. (expressandstar.com)
In a written judgement the court said that it was proven that the man - since dismissed from the force - was over the alcohol limit, had taken drugs, driven recklessly and was guilty of three counts of causing death by serious recklessness and nine of recklessly causing injury. (euroweeklynews.com)

When BACs were not available, they were imputed from driver and crash characteristics by using a two-stage estimation procedure ( 3 ). (cdc.gov)
The majority of children who died while riding with drinking drivers were not restrained at the time of the crash. (cdc.gov)
Deputies on the scene raced to help the driver who survived the crash. (news4jax.com)
For me, this crash comes down to a vicious cycle: The driver falsely assumed that Uber's software would be vigilant, and the designers of that software falsely assumed that the driver would be vigilant. (streetsblog.org)
Other road users are caught up in the carnage with an increase in overall truck crash deaths (1). (twu.com.au)
In a second crash, a 23-year-old male driver left the roadway and hit a tree while travelling south on Kidman Way. (gerardmaloufpartners.com.au)
The court heard that, as well as the deaths, several people were injured in the crash on the A-7 at the Costa del Sol town of Torremolinos. (euroweeklynews.com)
Methods: We estimated the risk of being a pregnant driver in a crash among 878,546 pregnant women, 16-46 years, who reached the 20th week of pregnancy in North Carolina from 2001 to 2008. (cdc.gov)

Deaths among racers and spectators were numerous in the early years of racing, but advances in safety technology, and specifications designed by sanctioning bodies to limit speeds, have reduced the rate of fatal accidents. (wikipedia.org)
Some 745 U.S. truck drivers died on the job in 2015, more than any other occupation, according to the 2015 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Statistics. (mcdonaldworley.com)
Truck driver deaths that year accounted for more than 25 percent of all fatal work injuries. (mcdonaldworley.com)
Charity Cycling UK has obtained police data that shows five out of six drivers involved in fatal collisions avoid prison. (cyclingweekly.com)

This is the face of the driver of an Audi which ploughed into a BMW on the Birmingham New Road in Wolverhampton in March 2019, killing two young brothers. (expressandstar.com)
In 2019, Arizona prosecutors declared that there was 'no basis' for prosecuting the company for criminal liability, but some experts say the e-taxi company should not be off the hook for Herzberg's death - at least ethically. (streetsblog.org)

The median BAC of the 1,409 drinking drivers who were transporting children was 0.13 g/dL (range: 0.01--0.65 g/dL). (cdc.gov)

These one-month increases of 2,146 deaths and 3,388 deaths, respectively for the 12-month periods (Figure 1), are the largest monthly increases documented since provisional 12-month estimates began to be calculated in January 2015. (cdc.gov)
Specifically, you need to know the restrictions and limitations on teen drivers who have permits and provisional licenses. (healthychildren.org)

It was later revealed that Uber's technology didn't have ' the capability to classify an object as a pedestrian unless that object was near a crosswalk ,' either - functionally condemning 'jaywalkers,' who endanger no one but themselves, to a swift and violent death for their crime. (streetsblog.org)
7. Pedestrian deaths spiked a few years ago and remain high, and it's fairly clear that driver behavior is worsening despite law enforcement efforts. (ctnewsjunkie.com)

Teenage-related driving deaths occur more often in certain conditions. (medlineplus.gov)

Rosemary Meza, 37, has been charged with two counts of murder in connection with the deaths of her girlfriend and her girlfriend's mother. (reviewjournal.com)
IMO, that 'driver' got away with murder. (westseattleblog.com)

He could have been jailed for up to two years and/or fined for causing death by doing a negligent act. (straitstimes.com)
However, the suit argues that Mullenix was "negligent in causing the death of Maryana. (legalreader.com)

A Hungarian lorry driver has been jailed for three years after admitting causing the death by dangerous driving of a Cumbrian father-of-two. (bbc.com)
SINGAPORE - A driver of a lorry was jailed for two weeks and banned from driving for five years on Thursday for causing a pedestrian's death in a road traffic accident. (straitstimes.com)

An analysis by the Victorian coroner's court showing truck drivers had the highest number of suicides out of any other profession, with 53 drivers taking their own lives between 2008 to 2014. (twu.com.au)

In a shocking incident, a driver allegedly crushed a man to death because the latter objected to him criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. (mangalorean.com)

WASHINGTON - U.S. traffic deaths in the first quarter of 2021 rose by 10.5% over last year, even as driving has declined, the government's road safety agency reported Thursday. (wthr.com)
Seven-year-old Benjamin was killed when a faulty truck, which had gone to collect garbage at the Clan Carthy Primary School, moved off after the driver exited the unit and crashed into a motor vehicle before overturning on the youngster, crushing him to death. (jamaica-gleaner.com)
Chinese national Hou Xiaohai, 34, admitted to causing Ms Ang Soo Lan's death by failing to keep a proper lookout when making a right turn from Whampoa Road into Whampoa Drive at about 1.20pm on April 25 this year. (straitstimes.com)
The RCMP are looking to speak to the driver of a red, flatbed semi-truck after a 60-year-old woman was killed on Highway 44 near Hondo, Alta. (globalnews.ca)
Police discovered that the 20-year-old driver, Trenton Geiger, had passed out behind the wheel after abusing Whip-It! (mynorthwest.com)
This year almost 40% of all workplace deaths involved transport workers, with 22 transport worker deaths out of a total of 57 workplace deaths. (twu.com.au)
Last year over one in three workplace deaths involved transport workers. (twu.com.au)
Aldi last year attempted to pay truck drivers less misclassifying them in an enterprise agreement which the federal court struck down. (twu.com.au)
Derek Shakespeare, who is co-head of UK and Ireland mergers and acquisitions at Barclays bank, is on trial at Winchester Crown Court accused of causing the death by careless driving of 32-year-old Peter Lowe. (andoveradvertiser.co.uk)
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company and a driver were named in a wrongful death lawsuit filed earlier this year over the March death of six-year-old Maryana Kranz. (legalreader.com)
A tractor driver who drank the estimated equivalent of 13 pints of beer the night before he ran over and killed an 11-year-old boy on a farm has been jailed for more than a year. (innertemplelibrary.com)
One year after the death of Mahsa Amini, protests in Iran have died out but the state crackdown continues. (hindustantimes.com)

Intercoast Refrigerated Transport and its owner have been whacked with $88,000 in fines for their role in the death of truck driver Gregory Phillips in 2008. (fullyloaded.com.au)
Truck driver Frank Black said: "The pressure on drivers is real. (twu.com.au)
Higher accident and truck driver death rates can in part be attributed to the increased consumer demand for fast delivery of goods, a trend that has also upped the number of truck drivers on the roads, according to industry website Trucks.com . (mcdonaldworley.com)
Another industry official cited a lack of federal standards for crashworthiness of heavy-duty trucks as a factor in truck driver fatality rates, pointing out that "they aren't even required to have air bags. (mcdonaldworley.com)
The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested two persons suspected to be involved in the killing of a truck driver at Mile 2 area of the state. (pulse.ng)
A Kansas City, Kansas, truck driver has been preliminarily charged with the murders of two women during the 1990s. (bing.com)
Dump truck driver loses control and flips truck resulting in fire. (cdc.gov)
Truck driver dies after being struck by semi-trailer truck in trailer lot of customer yard. (cdc.gov)
Semi-truck driver died when struck by precast concrete panel that fell from semi trailer. (cdc.gov)

Dial, a Philadelphia police officer charged in the shooting death of a driver last month is back in custody following the revocation of his bail after prosecutors challenged the constitutionality of his release. (wjbf.com)

Furthermore, Morfea says he was unaware of any industry practice mandating drivers not participate in the repair of vehicles. (fullyloaded.com.au)
The fact that it was not industry practice to issue express instructions that drivers not participate in repair of their vehicles and stand clear of their vehicles during repair is not a basis upon which the personal defendant may be excused given the nature of the liability under the Act," he says. (fullyloaded.com.au)
The first stage involves issuing a learner's permit, in which the new driver must practice driving with a licensed driver aged 21 or older. (nih.gov)
The 6 hours of driving practice in many driver education programs is not enough. (healthychildren.org)

4-6 Historically, deaths involving illicitly manufactured fentanyl have been concentrated in the 28 states east of the Mississippi River, where the heroin market has primarily been dominated by white powder heroin. (cdc.gov)

In our report of the inquest on Marni Triggs in Friday's Oxford Mail, we inadvertently omitted the coroner's verdict of accidental death. (oxfordmail.co.uk)

Minister for Environment John Cortes said, "I ask drivers everywhere to please be vigilant. (surinenglish.com)

This includes using imputed data on blood alcohol concentration (BAC) for drivers who were not tested for BAC or whose test results are unknown. (nih.gov)

She said: "We hope that the sentence determined by the Courts acts as a deterrent to other drivers who may consider such reckless behaviour which in this case led to the death of a prominent academic and much loved family man. (leighday.co.uk)
in India, Additional Sessions Judge Balbir Singh awarded the death sentence to a man accused of abducting and murdering 24 cab drivers between 2002 and 2004. (handsoffcain.info)
The death sentence is for just one case. (handsoffcain.info)
On March 12, 2007, a Sessions court in Faridabad awarded a life sentence to Sharma for killing a driver from Palwal in 2002. (handsoffcain.info)

HAFIZABAD - Unknown persons killed a taxi driver in Mohallah Gharri Awan and threw his body in a street here. (com.pk)
Sajid Ali, a taxi driver, a resident of Ghari Awan was present in his house when some unknown persons carried him outside. (com.pk)
An evaluation would be useful for taxi commissions, public health agencies, and other government agencies to make recommendations for protecting drivers. (cdc.gov)

One 1988 study of more than 5,000 New York City bridge and tunnel worker found that people who had worked in transportation tunnels had a 35% increased risk of heart-related death compared to the general population. (cbsnews.com)

McDonald Worley attorneys work endlessly to help truck drivers involved in accidents obtain the highest amount of compensation possible. (mcdonaldworley.com)
Accident is the word commonly used to describe the carnage caused by drunken drivers, but these deaths and personal injuries are never accidents. (alexanderlaw.com)
Auto accidents are also a leading cause of death in infants and children. (medlineplus.gov)
RÉSUMÉ La présente étude avait pour objectif d'évaluer la prévalence et les déterminants de la consommation de khat, d'étudier ses conséquences sociales, économiques et dans le milieu du travail, et d'examiner sa relation avec les accidents de la circulation parmi les chauffeurs professionnels de la région de Jazan, en Arabie saoudite. (who.int)

Justice Pusey said, however, that Brooks should be incarcerated as his actions on the day were careless and reckless and caused the death of the youngster. (jamaica-gleaner.com)

The victim allegedly objected to the criticism of the leaders and he got into a heated argument with the driver. (mangalorean.com)

Sullaiman Khan, aged 27, of Pershore Road, Edgbaston admitted two counts of causing death by dangerous driving, and one count of causing serious injury at an earlier hearing. (expressandstar.com)

On the bustling roads of Victoria's Western Freeway, ATN was joined by a Scania driver trainer in one of its V8 prime movers to showcase the work the vehicle giant is doing in. (fullyloaded.com.au)
Traffic was halted on Hampton Road as over 150 protesters demanded that Aldi end the financial squeeze on transport companies and truck drivers, which is leading to deaths on our roads. (twu.com.au)
Cutting transport costs and underpaying truck drivers has massive consequences on our roads. (twu.com.au)
We are here to demand that our truck drivers and our families should be safe on the roads. (twu.com.au)
Drivers who pose a risk have no place on our roads, and the law should be strengthened to ensure their removal. (cyclingweekly.com)

The court found in Gurgaon in January 2002, Devender Kumar Sharma abducted and murdered driver Naresh Kumar in the jungles of Aligarh. (handsoffcain.info)

Jacques - who initially gave police a false name - was later charged with causing death by driving while disqualified. (sky.com)
When police arrested him on suspicion of causing Mr McSwain's death, he had difficulty walking, had slurred speech and refused a breath test. (perthnow.com.au)
About 22% of on-the-job deaths in police officers and 45% in firefighters are due to cardiovascular disease compared to 15% in other jobs. (cbsnews.com)
Police in Gautam Budh Nagar have taken a man into custody in connection with the death of a woman whose body was found on the roadside in Noida. (hindustantimes.com)

However, the system was not set up to actually alert the driver of a possible human being in the road, because Uber had deactivated the forward collision warning technology , too. (streetsblog.org)
If you don't tackle the reason why truck drivers are under pressure and what is forcing them to take risks on the road then nothing will change. (twu.com.au)
Compounding the problem are "long hours, low pay and tough working conditions," contributing to an annual turnover rate hovering around 100 percent, resulting in perpetually inexperienced drivers on the road. (mcdonaldworley.com)

9 Increases in synthetic opioid overdose deaths were also substantial in other regions: 12 southern states and the District of Columbia (35.4%), 6 midwestern states (32.1%), and 8 northeastern states and New York City (21.1%) (Figure 3). (cdc.gov)

This is a list alphabetically sorted, and structured after the kind of competition, of the more notable driver deaths, excluding those of motorcycle riders. (wikipedia.org)

https://icd.who.int/browse11/l-m/en [accessed 7 June 2021]. (nih.gov)
https://www.who.int/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/en/ [accessed 7 June 2021]. (nih.gov)

The cause of death has not been determined and no formal complaint has been filed. (hindustantimes.com)
Swinging into action, health authorities in Ambala have sought a report from Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh, where the siblings breathed their last, to determine the cause of death. (hindustantimes.com)

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