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Road traffic accident mortality in Singapore
The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2002The aim of this study was to identify factors that contribute to road traffic accident mortality and the patterns of injuries sustained by these victims, with a view to identifying areas for future intervention. All road traffic accident deaths that occurred in Singapore over a period of 1 year were reviewed.
Evelyn, Wong +5 more
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Impact of road traffic accidents on the elderly
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2015Older adults are a vulnerable road user group with high mortality and morbidity in road crash. The aim of this study was to show pattern of road traffic injuries in this special aging group.In a cross sectional study, pre-hospital emergency system reports, hospital and police records of all motor vehicle collisions injured above 60 years old who were ...
H, Etehad +5 more
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The impact of road alignment characteristics on different types of traffic accidents
Journal of Transportation Safety & Security, 2020Among the factors affecting road traffic safety, road alignment characteristics are often ignored by people because they cause traffic accidents in an indirect way. In view of this problem, the total number of accidents, the total casualties of accidents
Ziyang Liu +4 more
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Epidemiological Study of Road Traffic Accidents and Role of Alcohol in Road Traffic Accidents
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, 2017The objective of the study was to assess the epidemiological factors of road traffic accident victims, which will give a clue on the risk factor in road traffic accidents. As per the report from Transport Research Wing, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India approximately 400 people die per day because of road traffic accidents ...
Senthil Kumar, P Isakkirajan
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Psychological Consequences of Road Traffic Accidents
Medicine, Science and the Law, 1999Although accident-induced psyche-pathology was formerly considered as being associated with secondary gain, subsequent reports have refuted this contention. More recent studies have shown that road traffic accident-induced psychopathology can be a persistent and chronic disability, irrespective of whether the victim seeks compensation.
I S, Bennun, P, Bell
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The Epidemiology of Road Traffic Accidents in Jordan
Journal of the Royal Society of Health, 1989A REVIEW of the problem of road traffic acci dents (RTA) in Jordan is presented with a special reference made to hospitalised accidents. Analy sis of time-series data on road traffic accidents (RTA) between 1979 and 1985 showed a rising trend. Over three-quarters of accidents occur in urban areas and during daylight while pedestrians constitute over 40%
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Injury to the Elderly in Road Traffic Accidents
The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 1989It is widely accepted that the elderly are more vulnerable to trauma than other groups. We examined our records of more than 6,000 accident cases, 312 over 65 years of age, and found that not only were older people more likely to sustain more serious injury in any given accident, but that the risk of life was significantly greater for a given injury ...
G F, McCoy, R A, Johnston, R B, Duthie
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Effects of road traffic accidents on travel
Injury, 1994Consecutive road traffic accidents attenders with multiple or 'whiplash' neck injuries were assessed following the accident, at 3 months and 1 year. Considerable changes in vehicle-driving behaviour and in attitudes to travel were reported. Concern about travel as a driver and as a passenger was usual.
R A, Mayou, B M, Bryant
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Road traffic accidents in Saudi Arabia
Public Health, 1994Road traffic accidents are a major health hazard in Saudi Arabia, particularly during Ramadan. The ensuing trauma has increased in direct proportion to the increase in the number of road vehicles. An audit of RTAs over a one-year period revealed that, out of 361 victims, 16% were under 10 years and 47% between 11 and 30 years. None of those involved in
N J, Shanks, M, Ansari, D, al-Kalai
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Accident Analysis and Prevention, 2019
Although most of the literature on traffic safety analysis has been developed over areal zones, there is a growing interest in using the specific road structure of the region under investigation, which is known as a linear network in the field of spatial
Álvaro Briz‐Redón +2 more
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Although most of the literature on traffic safety analysis has been developed over areal zones, there is a growing interest in using the specific road structure of the region under investigation, which is known as a linear network in the field of spatial
Álvaro Briz‐Redón +2 more
semanticscholar +1 more source