RT Book, Section A1 Ziran, Navid A1 Irgit, Kaan S. A1 Samimi, Babak A1 Weinberg, Jordan A1 Smith, Wade R. A2 McMahon, Patrick J. A2 Skinner, Harry B. SR Print(0) ID 1181615395 T1 Musculoskeletal Trauma Surgery T2 Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Orthopedics, 6e YR 2021 FD 2021 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781260135978 LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181615395 RD 2024/10/03 AB Accidents, or unintentional injuries, are the fourth leading cause of death in the United States and the leading cause of death for those aged 1 to 44 years. As of 2015, motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) were the leading cause of death in humans in their first three decades, with 35,000 people killed and 2.3 million injured every year. Globally, approximately 1.3 million humans die every year and over 20 million sustain nonfatal injuries from road traffic accidents. In 2016, road traffic accidents were the eighth leading cause of death and estimated to be the fifth leading cause of death by 2030. The economic impact for MVAs is around $230 billion in the United States and €180 billion in the European Union. The global losses due to road traffic injuries are estimated to be $518 billion and cost governments between 1% and 3% of their gross domestic product.