Mapping of traffic accidents assisted by SAMU in the metropolitan region of Grande Vitória, Espírito Santo

Abstract

A traffic accident (TA) is an unintentional and avoidable event that occurs on a public road, resulting from the imbalance between the traffic of vehicles and people, capable of causing physical and/or emotional injuries, with impacts on the domestic and social sphere. Therefore, it should be considered a health problem of wide magnitude, which may or may not be fatal (FERRAZ et al., 2012; WHO, 2018).