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Driving is a complex task, neurologically speaking. Two experts explain what driving does to your brain, and how you can stay alert on the road.
If larger vehicles make us feel safer inside them, do they also make us take more risks behind the wheel?
On Halloween, children face a fourfold increase in pedestrian deaths and a 70% spike in life-threatening allergic reactions – here’s what you need to know.
Documents show the government is going against expert advice and strong economic evidence by insisting higher speed limits will improve productivity.
Fuel tanker accidents in Nigeria can be prevented by restructuring the built environment, providing parking spaces for the tankers, and constructing good roads.
In Nigeria, the festive season comes with security and safety challenges. Here’s how to keep safe.
Walking is a common way of getting around in most African cities
We accept the daily toll of road deaths and injuries as the price we pay to be able to drive everywhere, but it doesn’t have to be this way.
Road deaths have remained stubbornly high in Australia over the past decade. Do we have the right strategies in place to address the problem?
The city of Accra has no plan to tackle pedestrians’ behaviour.
Current methods of road carnage prevention in Ghana have proved unsuccessful .
The push for 30km/h speed limits is not about revenue-raising or anti-cars. Even a seemingly small decrease from 40km/h to 30km/h makes a huge difference to the safety and liveability of local streets.
The inability to curb road accidents in Ghana is tied to colonial and neocolonial legacies.
Some people think road crashes are destined to happen and drivers can do little to prevent them.
The recent tragic deaths of four Victorian police officers have highlighted the dangers to those whose job it is to protect the community.
The causes of injuries to children are often linked to the circumstances in which people live.
When asked to identify the most dangerous day of the year, we realised this research hadn’t been done.
A program aimed at getting people home safely has cost A$300 million but has had little impact, aside from increased intoxication in CBD venues. Rates of assaults and road crashes are much the same.
Road traffic injuries are one of the leading causes of death worldwide.
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