one of the leading causes of death and disability in the middle east is road traffic accidents. there are multiple factors that cause these traffic accidents, and the most important of which is fatigue, drowsiness and lack of concentration. the risk of road traffic accidents due to sleepiness, which were reported by police, increased by more than sevenfold in low alertness hours during circadia...

PURPOSE Road traffic accidents are one of main problems in Iran. Multiple factors cause traffic accidents and the most important one is sleepiness. This factor, however, is given less attention in our country. Road traffic accidents relevant to sleepiness are studied. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, all road traffic accidents relevant to sleepiness, which were reported by police, were ...

conclusions considering the high occurrence of the mortality and the injuries of the rtis compared to that of the other types of accidents, more attention to rtis in planning and interventions seems necessary. background road traffic injuries (rtis) are the leading cause of injuries and the second cause of mortality in iran. objectives the aim of this study was to investigate the epidemiologica...

Speeding is a major cause of traffic accidents and is estimated to be the cause of about 40% of fatalities in road accidents. Speed is a major accident risk factor and affects both rate and severity of traffic accidents. This importance has led to universal use of intelligent control systems for maintaining road safety by enforcing speed regulations. In this study, a modeling is carried out by ...

objective: to investigate trend and seasonal pattern of occurrence and mortality of motorcycle accidents in patients referred to hospitals of isfahan. methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out using traffic accidents data of isfahan province, extracted from ministry of health (moh) database from 2006 to 2010. during the study period, 83648 people injured due to motorcycle traffic acci...

road traffic accidents represent the important health threat to children in developing countries. post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) can occur as result of road traffic accidents. in this regard, people under 30 years old are the main victims of road traffic accidents. during previous decades road accident consequences for mental state or other aspects of life was neglected. survey proposed ...

background and aims: traffic crashes are multi-factorial consequences caused by human factors, technical issues and environmental conditions. the present study aimed to determine epidemiology of urban traffic injuries in iran and role of some human risk factors in occurrence of such outcomes in 2010. materials and methods: through a descriptive cross-sectional study, the records of 515205 injur...

Road traffic accidents and the effects they subsequently incur are increasing dramatically, and estimating the cost of road traffic crashes could be a vital step in improving the recognition of this widespread problem. The main objective of this paper is to estimate the cost of road traffic crashes in Iran using the Human Capital (HC) Method. Results of this study indicate that the cost of road...