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World Service,31 Mar 2004,49 mins

Death On The Roads

Health Matters

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An hour-long special on car crashes, and the increasing numbers of those killed. Presenter Sheena MacDonald, who herself survived a car crash, hosts a special report about road safety. The World Health Organisation has highlighted safety on the roads - 50 million people world wide are injured in motor accidents every year - as a public health issue. Why are the number of those injured or killed rising in low and middle-income countries.

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