Construction site accidents have been an ongoing concern, resulting in property damage and significant loss of life. Since the implementation Serious Accidents Punishment Act, importance preventing human casualties industrial has increasingly emphasized, safety management is being carried out through on-site supervision. However, personnel are insufficient expansive construction sites. In this ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the patterns,complications and casualties of road traffic accidents in North West of Iran during 2013 New Year holidays. METHODS One hundred and eighty one patients with trauma-related vehicle crashes were investigated in a cross sectional-descriptive study. We only included those road traffic accidents which were recorded during the 2013 Iranian New Year holidays. Seve...

BACKGROUND A significant reduction in road traffic accidents has been observed since prevention measures were introduced by the French public authorities in 2002. The goals of this study are to describe the burden of road traffic accidents in a French Departement, and to identify changes if any between the periods 1997-2001 and 2002-2006 on the basis of the disability adjusted life years (DALY)...

Pedestrians in Libya are the more risk group of road users; the present study was intended to study the general characteristics of 442 pedestrians struck by vehicles on Libyan road in 2003 and 2004. Accidents were described in terms of vehicles involved, age and sex of the casualties, the location of impact, and the overall severity of injuries sustained. The pedestrian details were collected f...

Road Traffic Accidents are considered to be one of the leading causes of death and injuries worldwide. In recent years as many as 50 million people are injured or disabled by road traffic accidents every year. Road traffic accidents impose a burden on countries by costing up to 4% of their Gross National Product. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of injuries r...

Although the number of pedestrian fatalities and injuries is steadily declining worldwide, pedestrian protection is still an important issue. Extensive researches have been carried out for pedestrian protection in order to establish regulations for pedestrian safety. The automobile hoods and bumpers, which pedestrians frequently collide into during accidents, should be designed for the safety o...