Systematic Reviews of Strategies to Prevent Motor Vehicle Injuries, 1999
   
Injuries are the most important cause of death and disability for the first half of the human lifespan and are the leading cause of potential years of life lost before age 65. 

In the United States and in most industrialized as well as developing countries, motor vehicle injuries account for the majority of unintentional injury deaths. 

Numerous strategies to combat this problem have been developed.  There has been a great deal of attention given to behavioral interventions directed at decreasing alcohol related crashes, increasing proper seat restraint use, and improving driver skills.

This publication  provides systematic reviews of the literature on important strategies to prevent motor vehicle injuries.  It contains information on which strategies have been shown to be effective, which are ineffective, and which strategies have been inadequately evaluated that is important for both public policy and future research.

Reprints of this document are no longer available from NCIPC.  This publication is available for order from the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.