the presentation will focus on the key areas that are essential to build a comprehensive policy towards reducing child injury and fatalities. the presentation will focus on the importance of the public awareness (education on the use of child restraint systems), the need to have an overall road safety programme, law enforcement (mandatory use of protection systems for children in car) and final...

Head injuries are the most commonly reported cause of Fatalities in majority Road Traffic Accidents. This retrospective study was carried out at Oxford Medical College,Bangalore during period 2012-2021. All Autopsy Reports on Fatalities, along with Hospital Records were closely studied, Documented and Analyzed. To Injuries Associated it, besides Age Sex Group Involvement Fatalities. Contributed...

Abstract Traffic fatalities are a severe problem. The European Commission estimated that one in four road accidents related to alcohol consumption. It is also shown changes perceptions and reflected the driver’s reflexes. This study aims determine factors lead mortality rate due car accidents. dataset was retrieved from different official sources depending on type of variable. For time-invarian...

The safety evaluation of a given road is frequently based only on accidents happened during recent years. However, due to random variation and rareness of accidents, accident history provides an unreliable estimate of the expected number of accidents in the future. This is even more true regarding evaluation of fatalities. Consequently, if the current safety situation is inadequately evaluated,...

Transportation planning and public health have important historical roots. To address common challenges, including road traffic fatalities, integration of theories and methods from both disciplines is required. This paper presents an overview of Geoffrey Rose's strategy of preventive medicine applied to road traffic fatalities. One of the basic principles of Rose's strategy is that a large numb...

A road construction 'flagger' is a construction crew member whose responsibility it is to safely co-ordinate vehicle traffic through road worksites. Flaggers are suffering injuries and fatalities at the worksite as a result of being struck by moving vehicles, both construction and commuter. These incidents are largely preventable with a more defensive flagger training programme. A cross-Canada ...

Road traffic accidents are among the top leading causes of deaths and injuries of various levels. Ethiopia is experiencing highest rate of such accidents resulting in fatalities and various levels of injuries. Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia, takes the lion’s share of the risk having higher number of vehicles and traffic and the cost of these fatalities and injuries has a great impact...