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Auto Accidents   updated 10/12/02

Rural roads deadlier than urban highways    added 8/16/01  See also Rural Emergency Medicine

Of the 17 million annual auto crashes, less than a quarter occur on rural stretches of the nation's 4 million miles of roadways.  But these isolated accidents account for nearly 60% of the fatalities. ''Trying to find out which 250,000 people out of the 5 million car crashes are at risk of dying is like finding a needle in a haystack,'' says Howard Champion, who worked as a trauma surgeon for 30 years before becoming a crash researcher. ''Most people who die early die from bleeding to death. You've got a window of opportunity there that is quite limited.''    from a USA Today article     added 4/29/01  See also Rural Emergency Medicine

Injuries are the 9th largest cause of disability now.  
Injuries are expected to be the 3rd largest cause of disability worldwide by 2020.
Many injuries are to the head in auto accidents   added 4/28/01

Approximately 2X death rate for rural motor vehicles accidents   added 12/17/00
LifeWatch and Skyaid would reduce rural motor vehicle deaths by:
   1)  Eliminate crash discovery time
   2)  Eliminate delay to notify EMS system
   3)  Greatly reduce response and transport times
   4)  Transport victim to regional trauma center

Higher automotive death rate in non-metro and rural regions  
added 12/06/00 See also Rural Emergency Medicine

Sweden is setting a goal of zero auto fatalities and disabling injuries  added 4/27/01

GPS location will be reported for auto crashes in Sweden    added 4/27/01

Canada plans to create the world's safest roads   added 4/27/01

OnStar now has 1 million subscribers added 4/27/01