In a recent article about global trends in injury, 1 Sally Murray describes prevention efforts
for traffic-related injuries, but 2 independent trends in the developed world may reverse …

Drivers have been running an “arms race” on American roads by buying increasingly large
vehicles such as SUVs and light trucks. An important reason for the popularity of large …

The term sport utility vehicle (SUV) may be relatively new to the American lexicon, but the
automobiles they describe and the incompatibility problems they engender have been …

This study was a population cohort study of all licensed passenger vehicles in New Zealand
in the years 2005–2006. The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect on road safety …

Walking for transportation is part of an active lifestyle that is associated with decreased risks
for heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and colon cancer and an increased sense of well …

Abstract In the United States, the sport utility vehicle (SUV) is the fastest growing segment of
the passenger vehicle fleet, yet SUVs vary widely in size and crashworthiness. Using data …

In 1974 it was very unusual for children to sit in a child's seat or to wear a belt. About 16% of
children in the 10 months-3 years age group used a seat, and about 5% in the back seat …

Objective The current short communication was written to update research on real-world
pedestrian crashes. In particular, our analysis offers a preliminary update on SUV …

Transportation planning is in the midst of a paradigm shift: a change in the way
transportation problems are defined and solutions evaluated. The old paradigm assumed …

Crash data show that, compared with cars, sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and pickups cause
more deaths in other vehicles with which they collide. Crash tests point to some design …