![]() ![]() Motor-vehicle-related death rates were decreasing by both the public health measure Oncoming traffic lanes, and guardrails (4,5). Roads (environment) were improvedīy better delineation of curves (edge and center line stripes and reflectors), use ofīreakaway sign and utility poles, improved illumination, addition of barriers separating Shatter-resistant windshields, and safety belts (3,4). Vehicles (agent of injury) wereīuilt with new safety features, including head rests, energy-absorbing steering wheels, In both vehicle and highway design followed this mandate. Vehicles and highways, a mechanism necessary for effective prevention (2,3). Safety Act authorized the federal government to set and regulate standards for motor In 1966, passage of the Highway Safety Act and the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Initiated a campaign to prevent motor-vehicle-related injuries. Tackling problems identified with each factor during each phase of the crash, NHSB He defined interactions between host (human), agent (motor vehicle), andĮnvironmental (highway) factors before, during, and after crashes resulting in injuries. Methods and epidemiology could be applied to preventing motor-vehicle-related and other Haddon, a public health physician, recognized that standard public health ![]() Motor-vehicle-related injury prevention began with NHSB's first director, Dr. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Highway Safety Act created the National Highway Safety Bureau (NHSB), which later became Inġ966, after 5 years of continuously increasing motor-vehicle-related fatality rates, the Injuries caused 93,803 deaths (1) 41% were associated with motor-vehicle crashes. Systematic motor-vehicle safety efforts began during the 1960s. Despite this steep increase in motor-vehicle travel, theĪnnual death rate has declined from 18 per 100 million vehicle miles traveled (VMT) inġ925 to 1.7 per 100 million VMT in 1997-a 90% decrease ( Figure 1 ) The number of miles traveled in motor vehicles is 10 times Six times as many people drive today as inġ925, and the number of motor vehicles in the country has increased 11-fold since then toĪpproximately 215 million (1). The 20th century-the motorization of America. States represents the successful public health response to a great technologic advance of The reduction of the rate of death attributable to motor-vehicle crashes in the United Achievements in Public Health, 1900-1999 Motor-Vehicle Safety: A 20th Century Public For assistance, please send e-mail to: Type 508 Accommodation and the title of the report in the subject line of e-mail. Persons using assistive technology might not be able to fully access information in this file.
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