Motor Vehicle Safety - Has Technology and Legislation Made a Difference?

IF 1.5 Q3 CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Current Trauma Reports Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-04-08 DOI:10.1007/s40719-025-00282-6

Matthew Kazaleh, Camille Meschia, Marie Crandall

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Purpose of review: Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among those less than 54 years old in the United States. From the genesis of automobile transportation, significant efforts to improve crash safety technology standards and traffic laws have been made. Despite these attempts, in 2021, the motor vehicle fatality rate increased by 10.5%, leading some to question the effectiveness of recent efforts. This critical review aims to discuss the history of motor vehicle technologic and legislative advancements, data investigating effectiveness, and opportunity for future improvement.

Recent findings: Collective transition to primary seatbelt laws, advancement of airbag design, implementation of driver assist technologies, as well as stricter alcohol legislation may offer response to the recent increase in motor vehicle fatalities.

Summary: A coordinated effort for change from automobile manufacturers, drivers, law enforcement, and local/federal governments will be required to address the recent increase in motor vehicle fatalities.

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机动车辆安全——技术和立法有影响吗？

回顾目的：机动车碰撞是美国54岁以下人群死亡的主要原因。从汽车运输的起源开始，人们就为提高碰撞安全技术标准和交通法规做出了重大努力。尽管做出了这些努力，但在2021年，机动车死亡率增加了10.5%，导致一些人质疑最近努力的有效性。这篇批判性的评论旨在讨论机动车技术和立法进步的历史，数据调查的有效性，以及未来改进的机会。最近的研究发现：集体过渡到主要安全带法律，安全气囊设计的进步，驾驶辅助技术的实施，以及更严格的酒精立法可能是对最近机动车死亡人数增加的回应。总结：需要汽车制造商、司机、执法部门和地方/联邦政府共同努力来解决最近机动车死亡人数增加的问题。

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Current Trauma Reports CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE-

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期刊介绍： Aims: The goal of this journal is to provide concentrated, evidence-based information in the field of trauma through authoritative reviews. It has become almost impossible for the average physician to keep up with the flood of information that is published in numerous medical journals or the internet. Original articles, although often important or even ground-breaking, have typically a narrow focus and on occasions lack scientific rigor. Whereas physicians are encouraged to spend the necessary time reviewing critically the methodology and results of an original article, their fast-paced professional lives allow limited opportunities to do so. Therefore, the need for thoughtful, well-constructed, and comprehensive reviews has increased in our times more than ever before. Our new journal intends to do what the average reader cannot afford doing. It intends to summarize the pertinent information, exclude the irrelevant details, and offer thorough, clinically-focused reviews. We have summoned true experts from around the world to contribute these reviews, based on their detailed analysis of the literature and rich personal experience. We hope that this information will be readily useable and help shape the practice of those who read it. Scope: Our journal is about trauma. It will include every possible blunt or penetrating traumatic injury in any part of the body. It will describe diagnostic and therapeutic strategies, operative and non-operative alike. It will present treatment algorithms and caution about pitfalls and complications. It will compare outcomes, as shown in the literature, and make evidence-based recommendations about preferred pathways. Besides the strict focus on traumatic diseases and their treatment, it will also expand on broader issues related to injury prevention and rehabilitation. All in all, we expect that the scope of the journal will cover everything that has to do with trauma.