The number of motorcycles in Surakarta has been increasing dramatically since several years ago. This condition was engendering phenomena such as bottleneck and congestion including around an intersection. research aims to determine the repercussions from viewpoint traffic flow, timing signal, driver's behavior. flow analyzed based on Indonesian Highway Capacity Manual, analysis determined usin...

Motorcyclist safety remains a significant problem, and the overall of motorcyclists has been improved at much slower rate in last decade compared to passenger commercial vehicles. Because are not protected by vehicle frame, fatalities or severe injuries often related hitting roadside object barrier. The main objective this study is investigate relations between presence type road barriers conse...

OBJECTIVES To assess the pattern of injuries presenting to a racing circuit medical centre in two three-year periods before and after two chicanes were built into the track. METHODS Medical centre records were used to identify all patients assessed during the two time periods. Those referred to hospital were categorised by injury severity into three groups. RESULTS The proportions of those ...

Neurologic and airway compromise as a result of traumatic vascular injuries to the neck region often lead to more severe complications and thus require special consideration. Furthermore, these cases pose diagnostic and therapeutic challenges to healthcare providers. Here, we report a case of a 28-year-old motorcyclist presenting with progressively enlarged Zone 2 neck swelling on the left side...

A case of occipital condylar fracture in a multiply injured and unconscious motorcyclist is reported. This injury was clinically unsuspected but found on the lowest cuts of head computed tomography. It is shown that this site is often inadequately imaged when scanning the head and neck in victims of trauma. The Anderson and Montesano classification of occipital condylar fracture is described. I...

Motorcyclists account for more than 380 000 deaths annually worldwide from road traffic accidents. are the most vulnerable users to safety (28% of global fatalities), together with cyclists and pedestrians. Approximately 80% low- or middle-income countries. Colombia has a rate 9.7 per 100 inhabitants, which places it 10th in world. Motorcycles correspond 57% fleet generate an average 51% fatali...

W hile musing upon the request to write an indigenous pediatrician’s perspective of the state of play of injury control in South America, particularly as to why matters remain at a rather primitive level and what could be done to move things along, I was struck by this news item: a newspaper in my hometown in southern Brazil reported that a unidentified motorcyclist had fired two gunshots at a ...