Approximately 1.3 million people worldwide are killed in road collisions annually, according to the World Health Organisation. Crash injuries are estimated to be the eighth leading cause of death globally, across all age groups, says the US Center for Disease Control. Despite some improvement over the last few decades, there remains a certain inevitability about these statistics. But need it be this way?
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