Rate of Stroke Onset While Driving and Subsequent Collision

Road traffic injury is a major public health problem, with 1.3 million people dying annually in road accidents worldwide.1 Rates of death from road injury have also increased over the last 2 decades, and this trend appears to be continuing.2 The World Health Organization has therefore published a global plan to stabilize and to reduce the forecast level of road traffic fatalities around the world by 2020.1 Recently, there have been a number of vehicle collisions resulting from drivers' health problems.

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - May 30, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Takuya Inoue, Masahito Hitosugi, Hideki Ooba, Itaru Takehara Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research