Factors affecting U.S. motor vehicle injuries in the 1980s and beyond.

This paper reviews recent highway safety developments and trends in the 1980s in the United States. Issues of concern to policymakers and researchers in the last decade in the United States include ways to reduce alcohol-impaired driving, new requirements for occupant restraints, the special hazards of motorcycles, the impact of large trucks on other road users, and increasing speed limits. Some of the developments such as new seat belt use laws have reduced highway injuries; some such as higher speed limits are increasing them. It is hoped that the experience gained in the United States can be useful to other countries in their efforts to control motor vehicle injuries. (Author/publisher)