Latinos Support Electric Vehicles, But Lack Access to Them
One of the biggest contributors to climate change are gasoline-powered vehicles, which emit greenhouse gases that warm Earth’s atmosphere. In a posi…
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Tell Leaders: Share the Real Risk to Pedestrians in Vehicle Safety Ratings
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is proposing to consider pedestrians in their vehicle safety rating system. That is good ne…
UPDATE: Health Equity Report Card Covers Child Opportunity, Location Affordability, Transit Access
We have updated our Salud America! Health Equity Report Card to cover your county’s child opportunity score, environmental justice score, location a…
Tell Leaders: Collect Better Crash Data to Guide Traffic Safety
For too long, the blame for our nation’s high traffic fatality rate has fallen on individual drivers and factors, rather than on environmental and s…
#SaludTues 1/10/2023: American Roads Shouldn’t be this Dangerous
More Americans died in motor vehicle traffic crashes in 2021 than any other year since 2005, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administ…
5 Essential Frameworks for Preventing Violent Child Death
The U.S. has a violent child death problem. Developing strategies to prevent violent child deaths death from firearms and traffic crashes is a demandi…
What Are the Risk and Protective Factors for Violent Child Death?
Gun violence and traffic crashes may seem like unpredictable events. But they are not random. They are systematic. Data reveal trends and patterns in …
From Guns to Roads: We Need a Public Health Approach to America’s Violent Child Death Problem
Did you know guns and traffic crashes are the leading causes of death for youth ages 1-19. These deaths are problematic and unacceptable for four key …
Report: The Deadliest Cities for People Walking Are Now Even More Dangerous
Although driving declined in 2020, U.S. pedestrian deaths increased, especially among Latinos and other people of color, according to the latest Dange…
16,000+ People Call to Update ‘Dangerous’ Federal Vehicle Safety Ratings
More than 16,000 concerned Americans sent public comments to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) urging them to make changes to…
