Child injuries are a growing global public health problem 1 , with injury and violence responsible for approximately 950 000 deaths annually in children. Injuries from accidents are the leading causes of death among those in the 10–19 year age group, with the 5 major causes being: (i) road traffic accidents (RTAs); (ii) burns; (iii) drowning; (iv) poisoning and; (v) falls 2 . The burden of paed...

This paper explores the social, demographic, economic, and other relevant determinants of road accident victims’ awareness knowledge regarding traffic rules. Data were collected from 200 victims accidents (RTAs) in Khulna City, Bangladesh, using face-to-face surveys interviews. Using probit model estimation, seven factors found to be statistically significant: gender, training experience, educa...

BACKGROUND The M74 motorway extension, Glasgow, opened in June 2011. One justification for construction was an expectation that it would reduce road traffic accidents (RTAs) on local non-motorway roads. This study evaluated the impact of the extension on the number of RTAs, stratifying by accident severity. METHODS Data for the period 1997-2014 were extracted from a UK database of reported RT...

Annually, more than 1 million people were killed in road traffic accidents worldwide every year and an uncounted number were severe injured. In 2012 fatal injuries caused by road traffic accidents are under the top ten lists of causes of death in the world. It´s expected that in the near future road traffic accidents become one of the main causes of death in the world. Most of these fatal injur...

The recent global estimates suggest that about 1.24 million people die while almost 50 million people are exposed to injuries every year on the roads[1]. In fact, a large proportion of the road traffic accidents (RTAs) occurs in developing nations (which are already struggling to cope with their existing morbidities), it is extremely difficult to deal with the aftermaths of RTAs (viz. handling ...

Throughout the world, road traffic accidents (RTAs) and their consequences are studied to help develop new prevention and enforcement policies. Impaired driving among drunk or intoxicated drivers is a social and public health problem recognised worldwide and the presence of alcohol and drugs in drivers has been found to be frequent and the cause of fatal outcomes. According to US National Highw...

conclusions urban rtas are one of the most important problems in kashan and aran-bidgol cities, which impose a great economic burden on health system. motorcyclists are the most vulnerable victims and multiple trauma and head injury are seen among them extensively. patients and methods during a retrospective study, data including age, sex, injury type and pattern, outcome, hospital stay and tre...

BACKGROUND Road traffic accidents (RTAs) are an important public health problem and the collection of local information is central to successful accident initiatives in a district. As the local coroner is responsible for investigating accidental deaths, the coroner's inquest files are a potentially useful source of information in developing a district strategy to reduce accidents. METHODS A c...