This product should not usually be used for an ongoing cough from smoking or long-term breathing problems (e.g., chronic bronchitis, emphysema) unless directed by your doctor. This product contains dextromethorphan. It is a cough suppressant that works by decreasing the feeling of needing to cough.
While drivers. aged 85 and older have the highest rate of death per mile driven, drivers aged 16-17 have. the highest rate of involvement in crashes that result in the death of occupants of other. vehicles or non-motorists (Tefft, 2008).
The National Safety Council estimates 38,300 people were killed and 4.4 million injured on U.S. roads in 2015, which saw the largest one-year percentage increase in half a century. Jason Redmond/Reuters. U.S. Traffic accidents Car crashes Motor vehicle deaths Driving. The United States is on track to have its deadliest traffic year since 2007, the National Safety Council says, with nearly 19,000 people killed as a result of motor vehicle accidents between January and Juneâa 14 percent increase over the same period last year.