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TITLE:Motor-Vehicle-Related Deaths Involving Intoxicated Pedestrians - United States, 1982-1992: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
AUTHOR:K Heermann, J Syner, MS, ME Vegega, PhD, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC
NUMBER:Vol. 43, No. 14
YEAR:1994
FORMAT:Booklet
LENGTH:5 pages
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AUDIENCE:		 Pedestrian Program Coordinators, Safety Activists
DESCRIPTION:

This report uses data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Fatal Accident Reporting System to characterize intoxicated pedestrians killed in motor-vehicle-related crashes. Death rates are broken down by sex, age, rural versus urban areas, posted speed limit, and type of roadway. Intervention techniques to reduce the number of intoxicated pedestrians are discussed.

HOW TO GET:Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
April 15, 1994, Vol. 43, No. 14
CROSS LISTINGS:alcohol, accident data

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