Road network are the life line for the movement of people and freight and plays an important role in the development of a region but road accidents cause heavy burden on financial and social setup of an economy. According to a WHO report, road accidents will become the fifth leading cause of death by 2030. Despite lot of effort from various agencies in curbing traffic accidents, they are on the...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To examine if a positive blood alcohol concentration (BAC) at the time of crash (>or=0.50 g/l), independently of any clinical evidence and laboratory results indicating acute alcohol intoxication, is associated with specific features of patients involved, specific types of injury, and characteristics of the accident. METHODS In this prospective cohort study, the BAC was measur...

OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of post-trauma psychological problems among a cohort of male accident and emergency department patients admitted to hospital. To identify the changes in their psychological symptoms over an 18 month follow up period. METHODS A prospective cohort study of male accident and emergency department patients who were admitted for treatment of an injury. Baselin...

Abstract This paper estimates the marginal accident externality of driving in Central London by exploiting variation traffic flow induced Congestion Charge Zone using an instrumental variable approach. The charge attributed to a 9.4% reduction flow, which resulted less than proportional 6.0% and 7.6% decrease accidents slight injuries, 6.5% increase serious injuries/fatalities. Our preferred in...

OBJECTIVE This study examined the overall mental health consequences of the bereaved parents after the Sewol ferry accident. METHODS Eighty-four bereaved parents participated in the study. Self-report scales assessing the severity of psychiatric symptoms and other related psychosomatic problems were used at 18 months following the accident. Univariate descriptive statistics and regression ana...

OBJECTIVE To assess the medical consequences of violence from the perspective of a primary care accident and emergency department. DESIGN Prospective observational study. SETTING Bergen Legevakt (AED). SUBJECTS All assault victims treated at the AED 1994-96. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Diagnoses, treatments, number of consultations at the AED, sickness certificates, rates of admittances to ho...

Engineers and researchers in the automobile industry have tried to design and build safer automobiles, but traffic accidents are unavoidable. Patterns involved in dangerous crashes could be detected if we develop accurate prediction models capable of automatic classification of type of injury severity of various traffic accidents. These behavioral and roadway accident patterns can be useful to ...

The importance and effectiveness of the appropriate use of automobile restraints by young children has been emphasized in several studies. Once the child has entered the emergency care system, however, restraint use may not be the best predictor of injury severity. This study was undertaken to investigate the relationship of restraint status to morbidity and mortality in children examined in a ...

Traffic accidents are one of the most important concerns world, since they result in numerous casualties, injuries, and fatalities each year, as well significant economic losses. There many factors that responsible for causing road accidents. If these can be better understood predicted, it might possible to take measures mitigate damages its severity. The purpose this work is identify using acc...