iran is one of the countries with a high rate of accident casualties in highways and cities. we are amongst the pioneers in accident related deaths and casualties in the world. in just 2014, road and highway casualties and fatalities were 315,719 and 17,994 respectively. motorcycles passengers and pedestrians are the main victims of these casualties. definitely, by appropriate measures, the suf...

According to the data from authoritative sources, 1,400 sudden leakage accidents occurred in China during 2006 to 2011 were investigated, in which, 666 accidents were used for statistical characteristic abstracted with no or little damage. The research results were as follows: (1) Time fluctuation: the yearly number of sudden leakage accidents is shown to be decreasing from 2006 to 2010, and a ...

crush injury of an extremity occurs when a limb is compressed between two hard surfaces, to the point where vascular supply is impaired and vulnerable tissues undergo necrosis. most commonly, limbs are crushed during auto versus pedestrian accidents, motor vehicle crashes, and industrial accidents. however, during natural disasters such as earthquakes, buildings collapse, landslides, mine cave-...

BACKGROUND Currently, accidents are the second highest cause of death in most societies. Traffic accidents account for the largest proportion of accidental deaths. The aim of this report was to identify the accidents that cause casualties on the roads around Mashhad. METHODS This study was a case-control study, where the cases were drivers who had accidents resulted in casualties, and the con...

The total number of police registered road accidents has stagnated for the last 10 years – between 2.2 and 2.5 million road accidents. There were slight increases in single years such as 2007, 2010 or 2015, but as well slight decreases in 2002 or 2011. On the long run, there is an increase since 2000 by 7 % in 2015. The forecast for 2016 also indicates an increase in accident figures by roundab...

Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death in adolescents and young adults worldwide. Nearly three-quarters of road deaths occur in developing countries and men comprise a mean 80% of casualties. This review summarizes studies on the epidemiology of motor vehicle accidents in developing countries and examines the evidence for association with alcohol.

In 1997, a Motorcycle Safety Programme (MSP) was introduced to address the motorcycle-related accident problem. The MSP was specifically targeted at motorcyclists. In addition to the MSP, the recent economic recession has significantly contributed to a reduction of traffic-related incidents. This paper examines the effects of the recent economic crisis and the MSP on motorcycle-related accident...

in this study, the total of 6,700 casualties by car accidents in the city of tehran, during one year period (1973) was examined. among these casualties 4,159 persons were referred to the sina hospital, of who 3,276 were males, 852 were females and the remaining persons were unknown. in terms of seriousness of the accident of these individuals involved, 24.0 per cent were treated at the out-pati...

More than about sixty per cent of casualties at sea are caused by collisions ref.1. So the results from the solution to this problem is the most urgent issue that we must face. Many measures have already been developed, but the ACAS will be new and possibly one of the most effective. A large proportion of accidents are caused by human error and the right approach to automation could help to red...