Fatal road traffic accidents and their relationship with head injuries: An epidemiological survey of five years

Kumar, Arvind; Lalwani, Sanjeev; Agrawal, Deepak; Rautji, Ravi; Dogra, TD

doi:10.1016/s0973-0508(08)80002-0

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“…The most important reasons for this increasing trend in females can be related to women's jobs and activities in the society in comparison to the past years, their inclination towards driving, and having a personal car (15,16). However, the rate of deaths resulting from car accidents was higher in males compared to females, which corresponds with the results of other studies conducted in Iran and other countries (17)(18)(19). Such differences can be attributed to men's risky driving styles, high-risk behaviors while driving, and paying less attention to the driving signs (20).…”

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Time Series Analysis of Mortalities Resulting from Car Accidents in the Injured Individuals Hospitalized in Shiraz Shahid Rajaee Hospital During 2010 - 2016

Ghaem¹,

Hajipour²,

Tabatabaee³

et al. 2017

Trauma Mon

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Background: Traffic events are among the greatest health problems which are ignored among other health issues. The health damages and treatments related to these events can involve individuals for a long period of time.Objectives: Therefore, using time series analysis, this study aimed to predict the mortality resulting from car accidents in the injured individuals referring to Shiraz Shahid Rajaee hospital.Methods: This ecological study was conducted on all the patients hospitalized in Shahid Rajaee hospital due to traffic events during 2010 to 2016. The best models of various instruments including auto correlation function (ACF), partial auto correlation function (PACF), and Akaike information criterion (AIC) statistics were used for identification and fitting. Moreover, normality and statistics were taken into consideration in order to determine the validation of residual diagram's pattern. Then, the best model was selected and analyzed using ITSM, SPSS 19, and Excel software. Results:Mortality followed an ascending trend in this study. Among male patients, mortality trend was relatively fixed, but showed an increasing slope in some months of the year. However, this trend increased continuously in females. Considering different age groups, mortality followed a relatively fixed trend in below-30-year-old individuals, an increasing trend among the individuals between 30 and 45 years of age, and a steeper slope among above-45-year-old ones. Moreover, the prediction models indicated that the majority of the accidents had taken place during spring and summer. Conclusions:The mortality resulting from car accidents followed an increasing trend. This can be attributed to the increasing number of cars in Shiraz, economic changes in Iran, and the country's movement towards development which lead to a decrease in motorcycle events and an increase in the car accidents. Moreover, the majority of accidents leading to death had taken place in May and September. This can be related to tourist attraction of this province during these months.

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Time Series Analysis of Mortalities Resulting from Car Accidents in the Injured Individuals Hospitalized in Shiraz Shahid Rajaee Hospital During 2010 - 2016

Ghaem¹,

Hajipour²,

Tabatabaee³

et al. 2017

Trauma Mon

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“…8 The male female ratio was found to be 3.74:1.These findings are similar to the studies conducted by Kaul A et al 9 (3:1), Emejulu JKC 10 (3:1), Ahmed et al 11 (3:1).…”

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A Study of the Pattern of Cranio-Facial Injuries in Fatal Road Traffic Accidents in Tripura

Das¹,

Chakraborty²,

Das³

2014

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“…Other frequently affected regions were: upper limb 14.98%, thorax 8.97%, combined lesions 7%, pelvis and abdomen 4.98%.The vertebral column was affected in 2.97% of the cases. On the other hand the most commonly injury in similar studies was to the head (69.63 %) followed by chest (33.62%) [30].…”

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Epidemiological Study of Road Traffic Accident Cases: A Study from Bengazy-Libya

Hassan¹

2015

Forensic Sci Today

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The developing countries bear a large share of burden and account for about 85% of the deaths as a result of road traffic crashes. So, the problem of road traffic accidents is becoming recognized concern. Motor-vehicle accidents are complex events resulting primarily from human, technical, and environmental contributing factors. Identification of the most probable factors that affect accident severity is the basis for effective road traffic accident prevention.The present study was therefore conducted to ascertain the incidence of fatal vehicular accidents and patterns of injuries with emphasis on traumatic brain injuries amongst RTA victims brought to Alglaa Hospital, Benghazi, Libya.2630 patients with road traffic injuries were registered at Al-glaa Hospital, Benghazi, Libya. The data reported in the present study were collected between January 2009 and December 2009. Data were collected including medical history, patient symptoms, clinical signs and the radiological findings. A systematic method was used for the clinical examination of the traumatized region. Data of patients were recorded including cause and location of injury, frequency and type of injury (frequency of soft tissue injuries and bone fractures), as well as age and gender distribution.Males comprised 80.84% of the total fatalities, while females accounted for 19.16%. The age group between 21-30 years was the most vulnerable (n=855, 32.51%) of the total cases followed by the age group 31-40 years (n=525, 19.96%) and 11-20 years (n=444, 16.88%). Accordingly, the highest number of fatalities (52.47%) was in the 21-40 year age group. Children below 10 years were the least number of fatalities comprised 1.75 %. Maximum number of accidents was observed in may (n=263, 10.00%) followed by September (9.47%) and October (9.39%). The least number was in November (6.69%). Passengers constitute the large victim group of road traffic accident fatalities and injuries (39.32%), followed by drivers (34.03%). The official statistics revealed only a small proportion of the threat to Bicyclist (0.65%) and motorcyclist (1.25%). out of total number of 627 cases (23.84 %) who sustained head injury, Skull fractures were found in 246 (39.23 %) cases of head injury. The commonest variety of intracranial hemorrhage was subdural hemorrhage (n=12, 1.91%), concussion was present in 43 cases (6.86%), brain contusion was 23 cases (3.67%) and brain edema was in 12 cases (1.91%). Among other injuries, most commonly injured abdominal organ was urinary bladder (21.37%) followed by the liver (n=25, 19.08 %) followed by the stomach and intestine (13.74%) and kidney (n=15, 11.45%). Conclusion in short, it has been shown in this study that male gender, young ages, and involvement of passengers and drivers and pedestrians pose a higher risk, mortality, and morbidity. Our results may be useful for forensic pathologists and clinicians and for mechanical engineers who investigate new safety devices for vehicle occupants.organization of road traffic control by traffic police, con...

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Fatal road traffic accidents and their relationship with head injuries: An epidemiological survey of five years

Cited by 90 publications

References 14 publications

Time Series Analysis of Mortalities Resulting from Car Accidents in the Injured Individuals Hospitalized in Shiraz Shahid Rajaee Hospital During 2010 - 2016

Time Series Analysis of Mortalities Resulting from Car Accidents in the Injured Individuals Hospitalized in Shiraz Shahid Rajaee Hospital During 2010 - 2016

A Study of the Pattern of Cranio-Facial Injuries in Fatal Road Traffic Accidents in Tripura

Epidemiological Study of Road Traffic Accident Cases: A Study from Bengazy-Libya

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