Earlier this year the executive set further road traffic accident targets, including the reduction of deaths and injuries by 40% and a 50% reduction in accidents involving children, by 2010.

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To date, apart from the odd minor traffic accident with other road users, the Chinese troops keep themselves to themselves.

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And the ensuing traffic chaos was made worse by a road accident.

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Injured in a road traffic accident, she was taken back to the UK, but later died from her injuries.

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Last year, the lorry driver was found responsible for Glen's death in a civil case brought by the family and an inquest found Glen died as a result of a road traffic accident.

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Mr Murphy said that one medical expert who had examined the fractures to Millie's ribs, claimed the force required to cause such injuries was akin to something "like a road traffic accident".

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They take them to the countryside, where of course all the statistics show that they are far more likely to be run over in a rural road traffic accident than they ever were to be a victim of knife crime in south London.

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Additional considerations must be made for traffic volume, accident history in the particular location, number of lanes and other road conditions, such as the presence of hills and curves.

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