Drugs fatalities overtake car fatalities for the first time
NAS CREATIVES/Shutterstock.comSeven years ago, fatalities from opiates overtook fatalities due to road accidents in the US. Sadly, the same phenomenon...
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Young drivers don’t know how to be safe around trucks – here’s how we can teach them
Most drivers have limited awareness of how to be safe around trucks. sv1ambo/Flickr, CC BYTransport experts have warned that rising...
Curious Kids: is it more dangerous for police to pursue a suspect than to call off the pursuit?
Curious Kids is a series for children. Send your question to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au. You might also like the podcast Imagine This,...
California wildfires: why a gender-reveal party got the blame, but shouldn’t have
Skeeze/Pixabay At the time of writing there are 7,718 fires raging across California, 20 people have lost their lives, and...
All-night public transport hasn’t reduced alcohol-related harm in Melbourne
The clearest change following the introduction of 24-hour public transport was that people were observed to be getting more intoxicated....
Rising cyclist death toll is mainly due to drivers, so change the road laws and culture
Drivers are to blame for about four out of five accidents with cyclists. William Murphy/Flickr, CC BY-SARecent reporting paints a...
We made a lightweight trauma pack to save and change lives on rural African roads
These packs have already been deployed to villages in Zambia Author providedIt’s a common misconception that design is about aesthetics;...
How traumatic injury has become a health care crisis
Doctors care for a trauma patient. While survival rates for trauma victims have improved, if you live to leave the...
What’s a T7 vertebra and what happens when you injure it? 2 experts explain
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews was injured on Tuesday after slipping and falling on wet stairs at a holiday home on...
What’s the most dangerous day of the year? Watch out on these ones
Edu Lauton/UnsplashSociety has become increasingly preoccupied with risk. So it’s unsurprising that as social scientists, we are constantly being asked...
