Road emissions have a surprisingly big impact on community health, cause more deaths than traffic collisions - San Diego UrbDeZine

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The impact of roadways on Americans’ health and morbidity is often lost in the discussions. 53,000 U.S. deaths annually are attributable to automobile emission air pollution. (Calazzo, et al., 2013) Many more are ill or incapacitated from auto emissions. Ninety percent of the cancer risk from air pollution in Southern California is attributable to auto emissions. (Hulsey, et al., 2004, par. 10) For comparison, there are 35,000 U.S. deaths a year from auto collisions (NHTSA, 2012), which is the top cause of death for U.S. males between the age of 15 and 24, and in the top ten causes of death of all Americans through the age of 54.

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Road emissions have a surprisingly big impact on community health, cause more deaths than traffic collisions - San Diego UrbDeZine