The 2000 edition of `Statistics of Road Traffic Accidents in Europe' provides basic date on road traffic accidents and casualties in European countries, Canada, Israel and the United States of America. The publication is purely statistical in character. The scope of the statistics comprises road traffic accidents involving personal injury only, excluding accidents with material damage. Data relate to accidents by nature of accidents and surrounding, accidents due to the influence of alcohol, and the number of persons killed or injured by category of road user and age group. As background data, figures on the number of road vehicles in use and vehicle-kilometres run by road vehicles are provided. An estimate of population and distribution by age group is also provided. (A)
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