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Drop in road accidents this year
Muscat :: Oman | 2 months ago
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Times News Service Monday, 18 March 2013, 10 : 55 pm Muscat: The Sultanate has witnessed a dip in the number of road casualties as of March this year, compared with last year, Brigadier Eng. Mohammed bin Awad Al Rawas, Director-General Traffic at
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Traffic Accidents Kill 1.24 Million People Every Year
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 2 months ago
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To reduce the high numbers, WHO declared 2011-2020 the Decade of Action for Road Safety, funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies. With governmental and non-governmental organizations, WHO promotes safe driving practices. It works to implement and enforce
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Wilmington crash part of recent rash of deadly accidents involving teens
Kankakee :: IL :: USA | 2 months ago
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Wilmington isn't the only community currently mourning the loss of beloved sons and daughters to traffic crashes. On Sunday, the community of Lubbock, Texas, lost five teens in a crash with a tanker truck loaded with fuel. And on the same day, an
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Life and death on the world's most dangerous roads – interactive
London :: United Kingdom | 2 months ago
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Every 25 seconds The developing world's rising road death toll More than 1.2 million people are killed on the road every year and more than 20 million are injured, according to a World Health Organisation report published on Thursday. This makes road
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RTA's friendly reminder of traffic rules
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | 2 months ago
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RTAs friendly reminder of traffic rules Staff Reporter / 14 March 2013 Motorists in Dubai are being given a friendly reminder of traffic rules in the city, with different events being organised by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) to mark Gulf
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Long awaited rain increases crash risk in Waikato (Fuseworks)
Auckland :: New Zealand | 2 months ago
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Journey Invite friends to discover what they are reading by connecting to Facebook. Connect with friends on Facebook and start sharing new and exciting content. Long awaited rain increases crash risk in Waikato Waikato Regional Council, Fuseworks
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Cars submerged in water account for a fraction of fatal crashes
Romeoville :: IL :: USA | 2 months ago
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In the last three years, Illinois has had 29 fatal crashes in which a vehicle has been submerged, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. Those numbers are up from a total of 21 such fatal accidents in the previous three years, 2007
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Liddick: Forget the gun lobby, car culture kills
Frisco :: CO :: USA | 2 months ago
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Colorado's Democrat-controlled legislature is currently embroiled in a flurry of hysteria-fuelled anti-firearm legislation, much of it ineffective or unenforceable, some of it probably unconstitutional and all of it designed not to have a positive
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Palatine police launch traffic safety campaign
Algonquin :: IL :: USA | 2 months ago
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Patrick's Day Holiday Traffic Safety Crackdown campaign with grant funding from the Illinois Department of Transportation. The department will put additional uniformed police officers on the street from March 14 to March 17 with a focus on
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Pictured: Horrifying moment schoolgirl, 12, is hit by a car and thrown under the wheels of a passing bus as she crosses the road
Gravesend :: United Kingdom | 2 months ago
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The 12-year-old, who cannot be named, was left with a fractured skull and broken collarbone as she rushed to cross Rochester Road in Gravesend, Kent. But incredibly police say she is awake and talking, but must spend a few more weeks recovering in
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