Road safety and road traffic accidents in Saudi Arabia
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ثداوح نم ةياقولل ةعبتلما قرطلاو ةريغتلما تاهاتجلاا ةسارد :فادهلأا ،ةمرصنلما فصنو نيدقعلا للاخ ةيدوعسلا ةيبرعلا ةكلملما يف قرطلا زواجتلا تم يتلو ةلكشلما هذهب ةطبترلما بناولجا ضعب ليلتح ىلإ ةفاضلإاب .اًقباس اهنع تلوانت يتلا تلااقلما عمج ىلع لاقلما اذه دمتعا دقل :ةقيرطلا ةفاك ليلحتب انمق ثيح ةيدوعسلا ةيبرعلا ةكلملما يف قرطلا ثداوح .ةيضالما ةنس 25 للاخ عوضولما اذه تلوانت يتلاو ةروشنلما تاساردلا ةنيدلما ،ةبيط ةعماج ،عمتجلماو ةرسلأا مسق يف ةساردلا هذه تيرجأُ ربمسيد نم ةرتفلا للاخ كلذو ةيدوعسلا ةيبرعلا ةكلملما ،ةرونلما .م2014 ويام ىلإ م2013 عومجم نم 83.4% ىلإ قرطلا ثداوح ةبسن تلصو دقل :جئاتنلا ةسارد متت ملو ،1984-1989 نم ةرتفلا للاخ ةيحضرلا تاباصلإا جئاتن تراشأو .ةرتفلا كلت دعب ثداولحا هذه ةبسنل ماعلا هاتجلاا سأرلا نم لًاك تناك دق ةيذأتلما مسلجا ءاضعأ رثكأ نأب تاساردلا رشنُ الم اًضقانم ناك كلذو ةيولعلاو ةيلفسلا فارطلأا اهتعبت ،ةبقرلاو ةيحانلا نم ةحضاو ريغ ةدايز ىلإ تايفشتسلما ريراقت ترهظأو .اًقباس ةبسنب كلذو قرطلا ثداوح نع ةتجانلا تايفولا لدعم يف ةيئاصحلإا ةبسن يندت نع رورلما ريراقت هترشن ام فلاخ اذه ناك دقو .8% 27% ةبسنب ةيئاصحلإا ةيحانلا نم ةحضاو ةروصب قرطلا ثداوح رثكأ نم ةدئازلا ةعرسلا تناكو .2005-2010 نم ةرتفلا للاخ تاساردلا جئاتن هتنمضت ام بسح قرطلا ثداولح ةيدؤلما بابسلأا .ةديدلجاو ةيضالما صوصخب ةرداصلا ريراقتلا ةيعون يف اًفلاتخا ةساردلا ترهظأ :ةتمالخا هذه لثلم ةيدؤلما بابسلأاو ،ةيجلاعلا جئاتنلا ريياعمو ،قرطلا ثداوح ىلع ةروشنلما ثاحبلأا تدمتعا دقو .ةيضالما ةنس 25 للاخ ثداولحا ةفاك ىلعو .ىرخلأا بابسلأا ىلإ رظنلا نود نم قئاسلا ءاطخأ ليلتح ةيدوعسلا قطانلما عيمج يفو ةثلاثلاو ةيناثلا ةجردلا نم تايفشتسلما تاباصإ ةفاكل كلذو يراذنلإا يئاقولا دصرتلل ةمظنأ عضوب مايقلا .اهيدل قرطلا ثداوح Objectives: To identify the changing trends and crucial preventive approaches to road traffic accidents (RTAs) adopted in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) over the last 2.5 decades, and to analyze aspects previously overlooked. Methods: This systematic review was based on evidence of RTAs in KSA. All articles published during the last 25 years on road traffic accident in KSA were analyzed. This study was carried out from December 2013 to May 2014 in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, KSA. Results: Road traffic accidents accounted for 83.4% of all trauma admissions in 1984-1989, and no such overall trend was studied thereafter. The most frequently injured body regions as reported in the latest studies were head and neck, followed by upper and lower extremities, which was found to be opposite to that of the studies reported earlier. Hospital data showed an 8% non-significant increase in road accident mortalities in contrast to police records of a 27% significant reduction during the years 20052010. Excessive speeding was the most common cause reported in all recent and past studies. Conclusion: Disparity was common in the type of reporting of RTAs, outcome measures, and possible causes over a period of 2.5 decade. All research exclusively looked into the drivers’ faults. A sentinel surveillance of road crashes should be kept in place in the secondary and tertiary care hospitals for all regions
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