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“Linking crash data with health data can provide a more complete picture of crash circumstances and health outcomes. Efforts are now underway to create the North Carolina Crash Injury Surveillance System to function as a sustainable repository of linked data to further research and evaluation.” Read more in this new paper from UNC School of Medicine, UNC Highway Safety Research Center, and the NC Department of Health and Human Services

Examining the Effect of Pedestrian Crashes on Vulnerable Populations in North Carolina BACKGROUND Over the last several years, pedestrian fatalities have increased in North Carolina; however, fatalities represent a small proportion of the total number of nonfatally injured pedestrians. Therefore, we linked statewide motor vehicle crash (MVC) and emergency department (ED) visit data to...