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Traffic accidents are biggest killer of girls in rich countries
(World health - EU Monitor 09/11/2009)
Traffic accidents are the biggest killer of adolescent girls in rich countries, the World Health Organisation said yesterday. In its report, Women and Health - the first global comparison of women's health from birth to death - the WHO found that in Europe, the US and other high-income countries, road accidents accounted for more than a quarter of all deaths among 10- to 19-year-olds. Self-inflicted injuries (9.5%), violence (5%) and leukaemia (4.2%) were the next biggest cause of fatalities.
UK road deaths reach record low
(BBC 25/06/2009)
There were 2,538 people killed on Britain's roads in 2008, which is the lowest annual total since records began in 1926. That is 14% down on the 2007 figure. The highest recorded post-war annual total was nearly 8,000 in 1966. The drop came despite half of Britain's A-roads failing to be rated as safe in a European survey. European road assessment programme (Euro-RAP) experts found 58% of A-roads it assessed were either neutral for safety or poor.
UAE fines mother for losing baby
(BBC 04/05/2009)
A court in Dubai has found a woman who lost her unborn child in a traffic accident guilty of manslaughter in what is said to be an unprecedented ruling. The Lebanese woman, who was nine months pregnant at the time, was also ordered to pay blood money. She said she had not caused the accident. The judge based the ruling on Islamic law. The court said the rights of unborn babies needed to be protected. Prosecutors had argued that the verdict should act as a deterrent.
Air bag jacket 'could save lives'
(BBC 13/02/2009)
Dozens of motorcyclists' lives could be saved every year if air bag jackets were made compulsory, accident and emergency doctors have said. The jackets are the equivalent of car air bags and inflate if the rider is thrown off during a crash. In one version, the jacket is attached to the bike by a lead which detaches when the rider has come off suddenly.
Road travel in Britain 'as dangerous as it was 500 years ago'
(World health - EU Monitor 16/10/2008)
Researchers examining coroners' reports from Sussex between 1485 and 1688 found 30 per cent of deaths were a result of injury involving travelling on land. Accidents included falling into ditches and being hit by a horse and cart. Despite centuries of advances in road safety, the research indicates the proportion of road travel accidents has stayed consistent.
The NHS 60 years on: worst of times, best of care
(Telegraph 30/06/2008)
When her father was taken to hospital last month after a car crash, Caroline Phillips prepared herself for an NHS horror story. What happened was very different...
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