RT Journal
A1 Kuehn BM
T1 POisonings top crashes for injury-related deaths
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD January 18
VO 307
IS 3
SP 242
OP 242
DO 10.1001/jama.2011.1998
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2011.1998
AB 
While the rate of injury-related deaths caused by motor vehicle crashes fell by half between 1980 and 2008 (from 22.9 per 100 000 population to 12.5 per 100 000 population), the poisoning rate has tripled (from 4.8 per 100 000 population to 13.5 per 100 000 population), according to the report. There were 41 000 poisoning deaths in 2008, 9 out of 10 of which were caused by medications or illicit drugs.