OBJECTIVE To determine whether state booster seat laws were associated with decreased fatality rates in children 4 to 7 years of age in the United States. METHODS Retrospective, longitudinal analysis of all motor vehicle occupant crashes involving children 4 to 7 years of age identified in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System from January 1999 through December 2009. The main outcome measure...

BACKGROUND Pedestrian incidents represent an increasing proportion of serious injuries resulting from motor vehicle collisions in Canada. However, few studies have examined the effect of pedestrian crossing location in urban areas on injury severity. The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between pedestrian-motor vehicle collision injury severity and crossing location. ...

Please cite this paper as: Hassan STS, Jamaludin H, Abdul Raman R, Latiff LA, Mohd Riji H. Knowledge, Prevention Strategies, and Intervention Tactics: Traumas and Motor Vehicle Accidents. Bull Emerg Trauma. 2013;1(1):3-4. Corresponding author: Syed Tajuddin Syed Hassan Address: Department of Medicine, Nursing Unit, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia. Tel: +60-3-89472412 Fax: +60-3-89...

CONTEXT Motor vehicles struck and killed 4739 pedestrians in the United States in the year 2000. Older pedestrians are at especially high risk. OBJECTIVE To determine whether crosswalk markings at urban intersections influence the risk of injury to older pedestrians. DESIGN Case-control study in which the units of study were crossing locations. SETTING Six cities in Washington and Califor...

Accidents are the fifth leading cause of death in the United States. According to the National Safety Council (NSC), motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of accidental death. In 1998, motor vehicle crashes accounted for more than 55% of all accidental deaths among all ages. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for persons aged 4 to 33. Motor vehicle fatal crash rates are ...

Road traffic accidents, the leading cause of death in adolescents and young adults are being recognized as a growing public health problem in Jamaica. The study examines road traffic accident injuries and fatalities in Jamaica among road users, as well as by categories of fatalities, gender, motor-vehicle, time-of-day and location. In the period 2001 to 2005, the highest number of victims was b...

Introduction: Globalization has resulted in motorization pacing up the number of road traffic accidents, thereby affecting the families, community and nations as a whole. In 2010, the WHO member countries declared 2011–2020 as the Decade of Action for Road Safety, to stabilize and reduce the increasing trend in road traffic fatalities. Objectives: To know the socio-demographic profile of RTA ca...