Acidentes De Transporte Terrestre Envolvendo Veículos Automotores No Estado Do Paraná

Abstract

. We registered the amount and the type of accident, the day of week and the period of day when the events occurred, and the amount, sex, age, and clinical condition of the victims. RESULTS: In the period studied there were 248.805 transport accidents. Cars and motorcycles accounted for the majority of vehicles involved. The accidents occurred mainly on weekends and during the periods of afternoon and evening. These accidents resulted in 307.916 victims. The typical profile were young males. The injuries were most frequently classified as minor. CONCLUSION: There was a high number of accidents and victims. Cars and motorcycles were involved in most of the events and men of working age were the main victims. The results show that the impact of traffic accidents in our society is relevant. Thus, it is important to produce more studies in order to develop and implement actions that leads to a safer traffic.

Hearing risk in motorcycle taxi drivers of a Southern Brazilian city

“…In Brazil, around 20,000,000 motorcycles are registered, and in Santa Catarina State, the study venue, there are around 800,000 motorcycles. Such a high number of motorcycles also increases the cases of traffic accidents 2 . A study on traffic accidents involving motorcycles between 2001 and 2010, observed an increase of 327% in deaths and 620% of hospital expenses with hospitalizations of injured motorcyclists, despite the legislation demands minimum safety and comfort conditions for motorcycle users 3,4 .…”