[sustran] Road crashes a growing world cause of death

[Kerry Wood]

Hi


On 5/12 Paul Barter wrote:

>Traffic accidents -- now killing half a million people a year worldwide --
>will soon be the world's third leading cause of death after heart disease and
>strokes, U.S. experts predicted on Tuesday.


Does this mean that motor vehicles are already the leading cause of death -
if you include heart disease due to lack of exercise - bacause of always
taking the car?



Kerry Wood
Transport Consultant
Phone/fax + 64 4 801 5549  e-mail kwood at central.co.nz
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