Road traffic injuries as a man-made calamity impose great burden on poor people and needs to be addressed through social justice and end of poverty. Pointing out that around 186,300 children under the age of 18 are killed every year, and much more are injured, urgent need to work on road safety measures will be revealed. Although preventing road traffic crashes from occurring should be the main...

This study focused on the public transport risk assessment in District one of ​​Tehran through Fault Tree Analysis involving the three criteria of human, vehicle and road in Haddon matrix. In fact, it examined the factors contributing to the occurrence of road accidents at several urban black spots within District 1. Relying on road safety checklists and survey of experts, this study made an ef...

Road traffic accidents mean lost productivity and medical expenditures. We explain trends in as a function of the political cycle using municipal data from Italy. show that during election years, accident rate increases by 1.5%, with 2% increase injury but no effect on fatality rate. The effects are stronger quarter prior to quarter, when electoral campaign is at its zenith, second after for ne...

background trauma is the most common cause of death in children. road traffic injuries account for a significant percentage of trauma cases in children and it is a cause of disability. objective an epidemiological study of factors associated with trauma caused by traffic accidents in children under 8 years of age who were hospitalized in rasht poursina hospital was sought. materials and methods...

backgrounds and aims: using geographical information system (gis) can decreases the burden of road traffic injuries effectively by identification of hot spot to modification in hazardous areas. the aim of the study was determining geographical distribution of human risk factors associated with road traffic injuries by using geographical information system (gis) in iran. materials and methods: t...

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of variables such as personality traits, driving behavior and mental illness on road traffic accidents among the drivers with accidents and those without road crash.Methods: In this cohort study, 800 bus and truck drivers were recruited. Participants were selected among drivers who referred to Imam Sajjad Hospital (Tehran, Iran) durin...

background and aim: motor vehicle accidents are common cause of mortality, morbidity and disability. human factors are principle cause for frequency of motor vehicle accident. in most studies, 52-40% lower limb injuries are trauma from a motorcycle accident. these accidents cause high financial cost and harm for society. materials and methods: in this study, patients with lower limb injuries re...