Also called: Also called: Automobile safety, Car safety, Vehicle safety

Overviews

• Buying a Safer Car 2008(Dept. of Transportation) - Large PDF file - http://www.safercar.gov/staticfiles/DOT/safercar/pdf/BASC2008.pdf
• safercar.gov(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - http://www.safercar.gov/
• Traffic Safety(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/portal/site/nhtsa/menuitem.5928da45f99592381601031046108a0c/

Latest News

• Pot-Smoking Drivers Tied to Range of Road Accidents(04/08/2009, HealthDay) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_82693.html
• Teen Drivers: Safe to and from Prom…and Beyond(04/06/2009, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/Features/TeenDrivers/
• Most Fatalities in Teen Crashes Are Not the Drivers(03/27/2009, HealthDay) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_82238.html
• Traffic Jams Harm the Heart(03/13/2009, HealthDay) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_81690.html
• More News on Motor Vehicle Safety http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/alphanews_m.html#motorvehiclesafety

Coping

• Post-Traumatic Stress After a Traffic Accident(American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/common/mentalhealth/anxiety/449.printerview.html
  Also available in Spanish http://familydoctor.org/online/famdoces/home/common/mentalhealth/anxiety/449.printerview.html

Specific Conditions

• Air Bag Safety(American College of Emergency Physicians) - http://www.acep.org/practres.aspx?id=26100
• Turn Around, Don't Drown(National Weather Service) - Links to PDF - http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tadd/images/tadd_brochure_srh.pdf

Related Issues

• Adapting Motor Vehicles for People with Disabilities(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/adaptive/brochure/brochure.html
• Aggressive Driving(American College of Emergency Physicians) - http://www3.acep.org/patients.aspx?id=26098
• Driving in the Rain(National Safety Council) - http://www.nsc.org/resources/Factsheets/road/rain_driving.aspx
• How to Handle Glare for Safer Driving at Night(AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety) - Links to PDF - http://www.aaafoundation.org/pdf/HeadlightGlareBrochure.pdf
• Jump Starting a Car Battery(Prevent Blindness America) - http://www.preventblindness.org/safety/battery.html
• Motorcycle Safety: Cruisin' without Bruisin'(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - http://www.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/pedbimot/motorcycle/609CruisinWeb/index2.htm
• Off-Road Motorcycling and ATV Safety(American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine) - Links to PDF - http://www.sportsmed.org/secure/reveal/admin/uploads/documents/ST%20Motorcycle%20and%20ATV%2008.pdf
• Over the Edge and Back: What to Do If You Drive Off the Pavement Edge(AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety) - Links to PDF - http://www.aaafoundation.org/pdf/PEDO_brochure.pdf
• Pedestrian Safety(American College of Emergency Physicians) - http://www3.acep.org/patients.aspx?id=26166
• Preventing Backovers in America’s Driveways(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/pedbimot/ped/BackoversTry2/index.htm
  Also available in Spanish http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/pedbimot/ped/BackoversTry2/BackoverSpan/index.htm
• Reduce Your Risk of Becoming a Carjacking Victim(National Safety Council) - http://www.nsc.org/resources/factsheets/road/car_jacking.aspx
• Riding Lawnmowers(Consumer Product Safety Commission) - http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/588.html
• Rollovers(AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety) - http://www.aaafoundation.org/resources/index.cfm?button=rollovers
• Speed(American College of Emergency Physicians) - http://www3.acep.org/patients.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&id=26102&fid=1348&Mo=No&acepTitle=Speed
• What To Do If You Have a Blowout on the Highway(National Safety Council) - http://www.nsc.org/resources/factsheets/road/blowout.aspx
• What You Need to Know about Air Bags(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/airbags/airbags03/airbags1.html
• Winter, Your Car, and You(National Safety Council) - http://www.nsc.org/resources/factsheets/road/winter_driving.aspx

Videos

• Car Seat Safety(Healthy Roads Media) - http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org/english/Files/flv/engcarseat.htm
  Also available in Spanish http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org/spanish/Files/flv/spacarseat.htm

Research

• Improving Traffic Safety Culture in the United States: Summary and Synthesis(AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety) - Links to PDF - http://www.aaafoundation.org/pdf/SafetyCultureSummaryAndSynthesis.pdf

Journal Articles

• Article: Forty- versus 20-minute trials of the maintenance of wakefulness test... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=19317382&tool=MedlinePlus
• Article: Expected differences and unexpected commonalities in mortality, injury severity, and... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=19204528&tool=MedlinePlus
• Article: Predictors of driving safety in early Alzheimer disease. - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=19204261&tool=MedlinePlus
• Motor Vehicle Safety -- see more articles - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term=(automobile+driving[majr]+AND+accidents,+traffic/prevention+and+control[majr])+OR+(automobiles[majr]+AND+(safety[mh]+OR+air+bags[mh]+OR+seat+belts[mh]))+NOT+alcohol+drinking[mh]+AND+english[la]+AND+humans[mh]+NOT+(letter[pt]+OR+editorial[pt])&doptcmdl=summary&cmd_current=Limits&pmfilter_EDatLimit=last+1+Year&tool=MedlinePlus

Dictionaries/Glossaries

• NHTSA Dictionary of Child Safety Seat Terms(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/portal/site/nhtsa/template.MAXIMIZE/menuitem.9f8c7d6359e0e9bbbf30811060008a0c/?javax.portlet.tpst=4670b93a0b088a006bc1d6b760008a0c_ws_MX&javax.portlet.prp_4670b93a0b088a006bc1d6b760008a0c_viewID=detail_view&itemID=279c5a6b35cdff00VgnVCM1000002c567798RCRD&overrideViewName=Article

Directories

• National Safety Council Training Center Directory(National Safety Council) - http://www.nsc.org/training/
• Recall Campaigns Database(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/recalls/recallsearch.cfm

Organizations

• Dept. of Transportation - http://www.dot.gov/
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/

Law and Policy

• Motorcycle Helmet Use Laws(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF - http://www.nhtsa.gov/staticfiles//DOT/NHTSA/Communication%20&%20Consumer%20Information/Articles/Associated%20Files/810887.pdf
• State Highway Safety Laws(Governors Highway Safety Association) - http://www.ghsa.org/html/stateinfo/index.html
• Strengthening Child Passenger Safety Laws(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF - http://www.nhtsa.gov/staticfiles//DOT/NHTSA/Communication%20&%20Consumer%20Information/Articles/Associated%20Files/810889.pdf
• Strengthening Seat Belt Use Laws(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF - http://www.nhtsa.gov/staticfiles//DOT/NHTSA/Communication%20&%20Consumer%20Information/Articles/Associated%20Files/810890.pdf

Statistics

• Motorcycle Helmet Use in 2007 - Overall Results(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF - http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/810840.PDF
• Seat Belt Use in 2007 - Demographic Results(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF - http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/810932.PDF
• Seat Belt Use in Rear Seats in 2007(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF - http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/810933.PDF
• Teen Drivers(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/teenmvh.htm
• Traffic Safety Facts(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - Links to PDF - http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/810809.PDF

Children

• Car Safety Seats: A Guide for Families 2009(American Academy of Pediatrics) - http://www.aap.org/family/carseatguide.htm
• Child Passenger Safety Program(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/portal/site/nhtsa/menuitem.9f8c7d6359e0e9bbbf30811060008a0c/
• Choosing Car Seats for Children with Special Needs(American Academy of Pediatrics) - http://www.medem.com/medlib/article/ZZZU8WF0S7C
• Lawn Mower Safety(American Academy of Pediatrics) - http://www.medem.com/medlib/article/ZZZJUE9VP5D
• Staying Safe in the Car and on the Bus(Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/kid/watch/out/car_safety.html

Teenagers

• Bad-Weather Driving(Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/teen/school_jobs/driving/driving_conditions.html
• Car Surfing: CDC's Findings on a Dangerous, Thrill-Seeking Activity(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/Features/CarSurfing/
• Graduated Driver Licensing(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/NewDriver/GraduatedDriverLicense/index.htm
• Keys to Defensive Driving(Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/teen/safety/driving/driving_safety.html
• Rules of the Road for Teen Drivers(Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/travel/road_rules.html
• What to Do After a Car Accident(Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/teen/safety/driving/post_crash.html

Seniors

• Drivers 55 Plus: Self-Rating Form(AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety) - http://www.aaafoundation.org/quizzes/index.cfm?button=driver55
• Older Adult Drivers(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/older.htm
• Older Drivers(National Institute on Aging) - http://www.nia.nih.gov/HealthInformation/Publications/drivers.htm
  Also available in Spanish http://www.nia.nih.gov/Espanol/Publicaciones/conductores.htm
• Traffic Safety Issues for Older Drivers(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - http://www.nhtsa.gov/portal/site/nhtsa/menuitem.31176b9b03647a189ca8e410dba046a0/

You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages:

• Safety Issues - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/safetyissues.html

Motor Vehicle Safety - Multiple Languages - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/languages/motorvehiclesafety.html