Motor vehicle collisions remain the leading cause of death for individuals between the ages of three and 34.

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Staff from Devon County Council and the Highways Agency also worked through the night to deal with more than 100 incidents, including vehicle collisions, motorists hitting fallen trees and people getting stuck in flood water.

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An estimated 98, 000 injuries occur in nontraffic crashes on private roads, collisions with pedestrians on driveways, and two-vehicle crashes in parking facilities, the report said, while 743, 000 injuries happened from noncrash incidents like hyperthermia and electrocution.

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