OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between the perceived safety of specified road behaviors, self-described road behaviors, and pedestrian injury among adolescent students in Kathmandu, Nepal. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted among 1557 adolescents in grades 6-8 across 14 schools in Kathmandu using a self-administered questionnaire in 2003. A multiple logistic regression analy...

BACKGROUND Road trauma is a leading cause of death and injury in young people. Traffic offences are common, but their importance as a risk indicator for subsequent road trauma is unknown. This cohort study assessed whether severe road trauma could be predicted by a history of prior traffic offences. METHODOLOGY AND PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Clinical data of all adult road trauma patients admitted to...

This study aimed to identify the occurrence, type and mechanisms of the traumatic injuries of the vulnerable road users in vehicle collisions, and to determine the effects of human, engineering, and environment factors on traffic accidents and injuries. The pedestrian accident cases were collected in the years 2000 to 2005 from Changsha Wujing hospital China and Accident Research Unit at Medica...

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BACKGROUND Road traffic injury patients admitted to 35 hospitals in Lublin region. OBJECTIVE To describe the pattern of road traffic injuries in Lublin county, Poland. METHODS Review of medical records for the period from January 2004 to December 2005. RESULTS Pedestrians accounted for the largest share of the Road traffic crash (RTC) injury cases (35.8%) and 46.4% of deaths. The highest ...

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...

Annually, more than 1 million people were killed in road traffic accidents worldwide every year and an uncounted number were severe injured. In 2012 fatal injuries caused by road traffic accidents are under the top ten lists of causes of death in the world. It´s expected that in the near future road traffic accidents become one of the main causes of death in the world. Most of these fatal injur...

road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death and disability in the world. so, the aim of current study was investigated the epidemiologic survey of road traffic injuries in patients admitted in al-jalil hospital in aq-qala. this study was conducted on 5774 patients during 2007-2012, to evaluate the profile of 2784 injury patients due to road traffic accidents, admitted in al- jalil hosp...