Road crashes: a scourge on African lives!

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Timothy Craig Hardcastle. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2025.

. 2025 Nov 19;10(4):e002151.

doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2025-002151. eCollection 2025.

¹ Trauma and Burns Service and Trauma ICU Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, KZN, South Africa.

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Keywords: Global Burden Of Disease; Multiple Trauma; Physical And Rehabilitation Medicine; epidemiology.

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