Tribal Road Safety: Get the Facts
How big is the problem?
- Injuries are the leading cause of death for AI/AN ages 1 to 54 and the third leading cause of death overall. 1
- Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of unintentional injury for AI/AN ages 1 to 44. Adult motor vehicle-related death rates for AI/AN are 1.5 times more than that of whites and that of blacks.1
- Among infants less than one year of age, AI/AN have 8 times the rate of motor-vehicle traffic deaths than that of non-hispanic whites.2
- Among AI/AN 19 years and younger, motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of unintentional injury-related death, followed by drowning and poisoning.1
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