MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES (1906-1964)

THE FOLLOWING REPORT PRESENTS AGE-SPECIFIC US MORTALITY TRENDS SINCE 1906 FOR THE BROAD CATEGORY OF MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS. THESE DATA CAN SUGGEST AND EVALUATE HYPOTHESES ON THE CAUSATION AND PREVENTION OF DEATHS DUE TO MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS. USE OF THE BROAD CATEGORY PERMITS EVALUATION OF THE TOTAL INFLUENCE OF MOTOR VEHICLES ON MORTALITY. IT ELIMINATES INTERNAL SHIFTS WHICH ARE SOMETIMES ONLY OF SECONDARY INTEREST, SUCH AS DECREASED PEDESTRIAN MORTALITY AND INCREASED MOTOR VEHICLE OCCUPANT MORTALITY, THAT MAY RESULT FROM CHANGING PATTERNS OF TRANSPORTATION. ALTHOUGH THE MORTALITY OF THESE SUBGROUPS SHOULD ALSO BE EXAMINED, DATA FOR THEM IS LIMITED TO THE MORE RECENT YEARS OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE ERA. /SRIS/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 203, No 2, P 88-94, 8 FIG, 31 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  American Medical Association

  535 North Dearborn Street
  Chicago, IL  United States  60610
• Authors:
  • Markush, R E
  • Clark, J
• Publication Date: 1968-1-8

Media Info

• Serial:
  • JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
  • Publisher: American Medical Association
  • ISSN: 0098-7484
  • Serial URL: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Crash causes; Fatalities; Pedestrians; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220842
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 26 1970 12:00AM