ABSTRACT
Worldwide, deaths and injuries from road accidents have reached epidemic proportions. Present indications are that about 0.5 million people are killed and 15 million injured on the world's roads every year. Next to circulatory diseases (including heart attacks and strokes) and cancer, road accidents are probably the third major cause of death in the developed world. Collisions on roads are now the main cause of death for young people in the age group 15-25 years.
