World Health Organization dedicates World Health Day to road safety

An epidemiological study of road traffic accident cases admitted in a tertiary care hospital

“…Scientific evidence from high income countries exists for the effectiveness of interventions such as helmet use, preventing drinking and driving, 21 speed control, 22 safety belts, 23 trauma care, road engineering, use of signages and child safety seats. 24 Recently, data has emerged from low and middle income countries as well.…”

Analysis of Traffic Accidents Leading to Death Using Tripod Beta Method in Yazd, Iran

“…Road traffic system is the most complicated and the most dangerous one among the various systems encountered every day obligatorily by members of the community, so that about 1.2 million individuals are scarified and 50 million more are hurt annually in road accidents. It has been speculated that these figures will increase by 65% during the next 20 years unless some innovative prevention measures are taken [2]. The results of some studies conducted so far have demonstrated that 98% of accidents may be avoided [2,3].…”

Relationship between mechanisms and activities at the time of pedestrian injury and activity limitation among school adolescents in Kathmandu, Nepal

“…In contrast to the large proportion of vehicle occupant injuries that occur in developed countries, pedestrian injuries account for a much greater proportion (41-75%) of traffic fatalities in developing countries (Odero et al, 1997;Nantulya and Reich, 2002;Peden et al, 2004). This difference is mainly due to the level of exposure of vehicle occupants and pedestrians to traffic in developed and developing countries, respectively (Nantulya and Reich, 2002;Peden et al, 2004).…”