OBJECTIVE To determine the epidemiological characteristics of fatal traumatic accidents in patients referred to a hospital in Babol, Northern Iran. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study being performed during a 1-year period including all the dead trauma patients referred to Shahid Beheshti Hospital of Babol. We included all those patients who were transferred to our center to trauma and i...

Road rage and road traffic accidents increase the burden of morbidity and mortality in a population. A cross-sectional survey with convenience sampling was conducted among commercial vehicle drivers in Lahore, Pakistan (n = 901) to record their behaviours/experiences regarding road rage and road traffic accidents. Respondents were asked about incidents of shouting/cursing/rude gestures or threa...

This study aims to identify influencing factors of traffic accidents in Japanese major road through factor analysis and regression analysis for each accident type, considering their characteristics of rare event. The database consists of 5-year accident record and relevant road traffic condition data in major road sections in Aichi Prefecture which includes the third largest conurbation area of...

introduction: disabled-adjusted life year (daly) makes it possible to calculate the time and duration of the disease and its non-fatal consequences along with the time lost due to premature death. this study was aimed to estimate the burden of road traffic accidents (rta) in kermanshah province. methods: to determine the mortality related to road-traffic accidents as well as years of life lost ...

a study has been carried out in 1992 to determine the incidence mortality and disability due to accidents and injuries in more than seven hundred thousand population under the coverage of health houses in east azerbaijan province, northwest of iran. this study showed that burns, falls, road accidents and those related to agricultural and other equipments are the main types of accidents. road ac...

 Introduction: Causes of death vary globally, and they depend regionally on lifestyle and socio-cultural factors. The purpose of this study was to determine accident-related mortality in Southern Khorasan Province, Iran, in the year 2010.  Methods: This descriptive-analytical study involved all the death cases in the year 2010 in Southern Khorasan. The data were collected from the death regi...

Considering the recent increase in reported accidents in Kenyan roads, there is need to identify the major causes for effective interventions. Using data from The Ministry of Transport -Traffic departmenton 135,277 road accidents reported between the years 2000 and 2010, drivers and motorcyclists, pedestrians, and vehicle defects were identified as the major causes of accidents, while passenger...

The safety management of transportation system leads to decrease in a number of traffic accidents. Identification of the primary reasons in accident incidence is the initial step in controlling the crashes. The source of accidents is divided into 3 groups; namely, human, environment and traffic. Due to the complex nature of traffic accidents, Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) methods can be...

background : a cross-sectional study of pattern of injuries in road traffic accidents was conducted over a period of one year involving 179 victims. material and methods: males (143) were more commonly involved than females (36) and majority of the victims (56) were in the age group of 21-30 years. results: rural victims(151) outnumbered the urban (28). one third of the victims were illiterates...