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Latest News
- Latest News
- Success of Designated-driver Campaigns Unclear (05/26/2005, Reuters Health)
- Community Efforts Can Reduce Alcohol Fatalities (04/28/2005, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
Overviews
- Overviews
- Buying a Safer Car 2005 (Dept. of Transportation) - Large PDF file
- safercar.gov (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
Coping
- Coping
- Post-Traumatic Stress After a Traffic Accident (American Academy of Family Physicians)
Related Issues
- Related Issues
- 10 Things You Should Know about Jump-Starting a Car Battery (Prevent Blindness America)
- Adapting Motor Vehicles for People with Disabilities (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
- Aggressive Driving (American College of Emergency Physicians)
- Crisis to Progress: 5 Years of Air Bag Safety in America (National Safety Council)
- Driving at Night (National Safety Council)
- Driving in the Rain (National Safety Council)
- Driving When You Have Diabetes (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
- Driving When You Have Had Seizures (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
- Drowsy Driving (National Sleep Foundation)
Also available in: Spanish - JAMA Patient Page: Pedestrian Safety (American Medical Association)
- Motorcycle Safety (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
- Reduce Your Risk of Becoming a Carjacking Victim (National Safety Council)
- Riding Lawnmowers (Consumer Product Safety Commission)
- Seat Belts and African Americans (National Safety Council)
- Seat Belts and Hispanics (National Safety Council)
- Speed (American College of Emergency Physicians)
- What To Do If You Have a Blowout on the Highway (National Safety Council)
- Winter Driving (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
Also available in: Spanish
Research
- Research
- Severe Burns Could Result from Contact with Vehicle Exhausts (Nemours Foundation)
- Sleep and Safety (National Center on Sleep Disorders Research)
Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Dictionaries/Glossaries
- NHTSA Dictionary of Child Safety Seat Terms (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
Directories
- Directories
- National Safety Council Training Center Directory (National Safety Council)
- Recall Campaigns Database (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
Law and Policy
- Law and Policy
- .08 BAC (Blood Alcohol Concentration) Illegal Per Se Level (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF
- Motorcycle Helmet Use Laws (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF
- Open Container Laws (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF
- Repeat Intoxicated Driver Laws (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF
- Strengthening Child Passenger Safety Laws (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF
- Strengthening Seat Belt Use Laws (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF
- Vehicle and License Plate Sanctions (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF
Statistics
- Statistics
- Changes in Motorcycle-Crash Mortality Rates, by Blood Alcohol Concentration and Age --- United States, 1983-2003 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Child Passenger Deaths Involving Drinking Drivers - United States, 19972002 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Driving Under the Influence (DUI) among Young Persons (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
- Impaired Driving (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)
- Motor Vehicle Backover Injury among Children and Youth United States, 2001-2003 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Pedestrian Injuries (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)
- Traffic Safety Facts 2002: Overview (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF
- Traffic Safety Facts 2002: School Transportation-Related Crashes (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF
- Young Men Are Least Likely to Use Seat Belts (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
Children
- Children
- Buying a Safer Car for Child Passengers 2005 (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
- Car Safety Seats: A Guide for Families (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Choosing Car Seats for Children with Special Needs (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Safety City (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
- Other Motorized Vehicles (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Rural Youth Pedestrian-Motor Vehicle Traffic (National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety)
- Staying Safe in the Car and on the Bus (Nemours Foundation)
- Transportation Safety Tips for Children (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
Teenagers
- Teenagers
- Awake at the Wheel (National Center on Sleep Disorders Research) - Links to PDF
- Driving toward Disaster? Steer Your Teen Away from Marijuana (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
- Graduated Driver Licensing System (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF
- JAMA Patient Page: Teenaged Drivers (American Medical Association)
Women
- Women
- Pregnancy: Should I Use a Seat Belt? (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Seat Belts and Pregnancy (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF
Seniors
- Seniors
- Driving When You Have Glaucoma (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
- Driving When You Have Had a Stroke (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
- Driving When You Have Macular Degeneration (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
- Driving When You Have Parkinsons Disease (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
- Older Drivers (National Institute on Aging)
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