Road Traffic Deaths in Brazil: Rising Trends in Pedestrian and Motorcycle Occupant Deaths

Chandran, Aruna; Sousa, Tanara Rosângela Vieira; Guo, Yayi; Bishai, David; Pechansky, Flávio

doi:10.1080/15389588.2011.633289

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“…Traffic accidents have killed more than 30 million people in the past century and traffic injuries have exceeded 10 million yearly (5). The world health organization (WHO) declared that traffic accidents killed 1.29 million people yearly and is the ninth factor of mortality (2.2% of total mortality) (6).…”

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Predictors of Survival in Motor Vehicle Accidents Among Motorcyclists, Bicyclists and Pedestrians

Bazargani¹,

Vahidi²,

Abhari³

2016

Trauma Mon

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Predictors of Survival in Motor Vehicle Accidents Among Motorcyclists, Bicyclists and Pedestrians

Bazargani¹,

Vahidi²,

Abhari³

2016

Trauma Mon

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“…They find a similar result for the case of number of fatalities per 100,000 vehicles (Kopits and Cropper 2003). Pedestrians account for an average of 45% of road traffic fatalities in low and middle income countries, whereas in high income countries this value corresponds to 18% (Naci et al 2009;Chandran et al 2012). …”

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Children at risk: A comparison of child pedestrian traffic collisions in Santiago, Chile, and Seoul, South Korea

Blázquez

Lee

Zegras

2016

Traffic Injury Prevention

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Objective: We examine and compare pedestrian-vehicle collisions and injury outcomes involving school-age children between 5 and 18 years of age in the capital cities of Santiago, Chile and Seoul, South Korea. Methods:We conduct descriptive analysis of the child pedestrian-vehicle collision (P-VC) data (904 collisions for Santiago, and 3,505 for Seoul) reported by the police between 2010 and 2011. We also statistically analyze factors associated with child P-VCs, both by incident severity and age group using three regression models: negative binomial, probit, and spatial lag models.Results: Descriptive statistics suggest that child pedestrians in Seoul have a higher risk of being involved in traffic crashes than their counterparts in Santiago. However, in Seoul a greater proportion of children are unharmed as a result of these incidents, while more child pedestrians are killed in Santiago. Younger children in Seoul suffer more injuries from P-VCs than in Santiago. The majority of P-VCs in both cities tend to occur in the afternoon and evening, at intersections in Santiago and at midblock locations in Seoul. Our model results suggest that the resident population of children is positively associated with P-VCs in both cities, and school concentrations apparently increase P-VC risk among older children in Santiago. Bus stops are associated with higher P-VCs in Seoul, while subway stations relate with higher P-VCs among older children in Santiago. Zone-level land use mix was negatively related to child P-VCs in Seoul, but not in Santiago. Arterial roads are associated with fewer P-VCs, especially for younger children in both cities. A share of collector roads is associated with increased P-VCs in Seoul, but fewer PVCs in Santiago. Hilliness is related to fewer P-VCs in both cities. Differences in these model results for Santiago and Seoul warrant additional analysis as do the differences in results across model type (Negative Binomial versus Spatial Lag models). Conclusions:To reduce child P-VCs, this study suggests the need to assess: subway station and bus stop area conditions in Santiago and Seoul, respectively; areas with high density of schools in Santiago; areas with greater concentrations of children in both cities; and collector roads in Seoul.

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“…The Project includes various multi-sector traffic safety interventions such as the impact of speed control as a target 6,7 . This project, launched nationwide in Brazil in 2011, is called "Vida no Trân-sito" (Life in the Traffic).…”

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Do speed cameras reduce speeding in urban areas?

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Road Traffic Deaths in Brazil: Rising Trends in Pedestrian and Motorcycle Occupant Deaths

Cited by 77 publications

References 15 publications

Predictors of Survival in Motor Vehicle Accidents Among Motorcyclists, Bicyclists and Pedestrians

Predictors of Survival in Motor Vehicle Accidents Among Motorcyclists, Bicyclists and Pedestrians

Children at risk: A comparison of child pedestrian traffic collisions in Santiago, Chile, and Seoul, South Korea

Do speed cameras reduce speeding in urban areas?

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