Article: NSW: Deaths on state roads increase on previous year

Article: Fatalities on Oman roads increase by 15% in a year.
Gulf News (United Arab Emirates);  July 4, 2008 ;     622 words ... ... related fatalities in Oman jumped almost 15 per cent to reach a high of 798 deaths in 2007, compared to 681 deaths during the previous year. Statistics issued by the Royal Oman Police (ROP) underline a negative trend in traffic safety on the Sultanate's roads ...

Article: NSW: Death toll on state s roads increase by two
AAP General News (Australia);  January 6, 2001 ;     278 words ...AAP General News (Australia) 01-06-2001 NSW: Death toll on state s roads increase by two The national holiday road toll now stands at 76 after two separate accidents which claimed the lives of two people. Police ...

Article: Noisy roads increase risk of high blood pressure.
NewsRx Health & Science;  September 27, 2009 ;     635 words ...Traffic noise raises blood pressure. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Environmental Health have found that people exposed to high levels of noise from nearby roads are more likely to report suffering from hypertension. Theo Bodin worked with a team or researchers from

Article: Toll Roads Increase.(News)
The Mercury (South Africa);  June 30, 2006 ;     560 words ...The suggestion that more toll roads are on the cards for KZN will no doubt have commuters in a frenzy, especially coming so soon after the huge hike in fuel prices. But the writing has been on the wall for some time. Major routes are severely overloaded and the mushrooming of new developments on

Article: In Mumbai, bad roads increase miscarriages
The Hindustan Times;  July 23, 2008 ;     500 words ...Hindustan Times NEW DELHI, India, July 23 -- PRAY THIS doesn't happen in your city. Miscarriages in Mumbai increased by an estimated 10 per cent in the past two years, and doctors said among the culprits are the city's bad roads, full of potholes. "Often, women who travel extensively by bad roads

Article: STUDY: CONGESTION ON ROADS INCREASE.(NEWS)(Brief ...
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  June 21, 2002 ;     476 words ...A new traffic study ranks Greater Cincinnati as being the 29th most congested city nationwide, with the average motorist losing 43 hours annually in rush-hour delays. The annual study by the Texas Transportation Institute of 75 urban areas found that the amount of time that tri-state drivers lost

Article: Rush-hour traffic speeds on most roads increase as ...
The Independent - London;  March 29, 2002 ;     501 words ...IF YOU are reading this newspaper in a traditional Easter traffic jam, the Government would like you to know that road conditions used to be even worse. Peak-time speeds on England's trunks roads have risen despite an increase in economic activity, according to a survey conducted by the Department