Ten minutes could prevent one-third of road deaths, Spanish study finds
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 - 07:15
in Health & Medicine
Spanish researchers have calculated the probability of dying in road accidents on the basis of the time taken for the emergency services to arrive. Their conclusions are clear: reducing the time between an accident taking place and the arrival of the emergency services from 25 to 15 minutes would cut the risk of death by one-third.