introduction: motor vehicular accidents are one of the leading causes of death in young men and severe complications in all age groups. this study was carried out to evaluate eye injuries secondary to motor vehicular accidents that have a high rate of occurrence in yazd province. methods: this descriptive, cross- sectional study was conducted through case series method. simple sampling, i.e. ce...

BACKGROUNDS Sixty percent of the global deaths and injuries occur in the developing world and mostly are due to Road traffic accidents (RTAs. looking at the etiological related factors which include, carelessness of the driver, condition of the vehicle or motorcycle, poor condition of roads, risky behavior of the driver, most of these factors can be prevented to some extent. This study therefor...

In a survey of 72 motor-cyclists, their experience of motor-cycle accidents and their perception of future risk were assessed. The results show that they underestimate the chance of having an accident and that their perception of the risks increases following personal contact with the victims of such accidents.

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background: injuries and accidents are one of the main problems in the present century. the purpose of this study was the identification and analysis of the characteristics of pre-hospital emergency motor vehicle accidents (mva) in rafsanjan, iran, in 2014. materials and methods: this cross-sectional descriptive study was performed on all patients recorded by pre-hospital emergency during a per...

Accidents between right-turning motor vehicles and straight-ahead cyclists are one of the most common accident types leading to cyclist injuries at signalised junctions in Denmark. A before-after safety evaluation of applying staggered stop lines in 189 arms at 123 signalised junctions is presented. The evaluation accounts for long-term accident trends and changes in motor vehicle traffic volum...

conclusions blunt chest trauma from rta represents one-fifth of the total trauma admissions in qatar, with a high overall mortality. pedestrians are likely to have more severe injuries and higher fatality rates than mvc victims. specific injury prevention programs focusing on road safety should be implemented to minimize the incidence of such preventable injuries. background blunt chest trauma ...