[sustran] Road crashes a growing world cause of death

[Tony Barry]

At 10:05 06/12/97 +1200, Kerry Wood wrote:
>Hi
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>On 5/12 Paul Barter wrote:
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>>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.
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>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?
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>Kerry Wood
>Transport Consultant
>Phone/fax + 64 4 801 5549  e-mail kwood at central.co.nz
>1 McFarlane St  Wellington 6001  New Zealand
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Road kill, heart disease, come ON. these are all developed country death
causes. Most of the world dies from malnutrition related and similar
diseases. These statements MUST be wrong.

Of course these people wouldn't need so much food if they could drive
around instead of walking :(

Tony Barry
EValue Engineering S/B
Kuala Lumpur