scholarly journals The Impact of Introducing Low Traffic Neighbourhoods on Road Traffic Injuries

Findings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony A Laverty ◽  
Rachel Aldred ◽  
Anna Goodman
Keyword(s):  
Road Traffic ◽  
Road Traffic Injuries ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Low Traffic

scholarly journals The Impact of Introducing Low Traffic Neighbourhoods on Road Traffic Injuries

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Laverty ◽  
Rachel Aldred ◽  
Anna Goodman
Keyword(s):  
Road Traffic ◽  
Road Traffic Injuries ◽  
Police Data ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Low Traffic

We examine the impact on road traffic injuries of introducing low traffic neighbourhoods in Waltham Forest, London. Using Stats19 police data 2012-2019, we find a three-fold decline in number of injuries inside low traffic neighbourhoods after implementation, relative to the rest of Waltham Forest and the rest of Outer London. We further estimate that walking, cycling, and driving all became approximately 3-4 times safer per trip. There was no evidence that injury numbers changed on boundary roads. Our findings suggest that low traffic neighbourhoods reduce injury risks across all modes inside the neighbourhood, without negative impacts at the boundary.

scholarly journals Road safety in the political agenda: the impact on road traffic injuries

2009 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 218-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Novoa ◽  
K. Perez ◽  
E. Santamarina-Rubio ◽  
M. Mari-Dell'Olmo ◽  
R. Cozar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Road Safety ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
The Political ◽  
Road Traffic Injuries ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL PREVENTION OF ROAD TRAFFIC INJURY

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4(106)) ◽  
pp. 74-81
Author(s):  
Т. М. Дженчако
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Road Traffic Injury ◽  
Social Regulation ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Road Traffic Injuries ◽  
Traffic Injury ◽  
Potential Factors ◽  
The Impact

The article, based on the analysis of current legislation, available scientific, journalistic and methodological sources, including foreign experience, clarifies the essence, meaning and content of the principles of administrative and legal prevention of road traffic injuries as important regulators of road safety in the country. The characteristic of prevention of road traffic injuries which is offered to consider, first, as an important means of social regulation of road legal relations is carried out; secondly, as a system of social, economic, ideological, organizational and legal and psychological and pedagogical measures; third, as a combination of different levels of prevention activities carried out by general and special actors. The goals of road traffic injury prevention are to achieve and maintain the trend of reducing accidents, a positive change in its nature and structure. The concept of administrative and legal prevention of road traffic injuries as a methodologically complex social phenomenon, which covers a multilevel system of administrative and legal measures carried out by public authorities, local governments and individual civil society institutions through the use of delegated powers to identify the causes and conditions of administrative torts on road transport, which lead to road traffic injuries, to minimize or neutralize the impact of acts that give rise to such offenses, search for ways, means of effective influence on potential factors that determine road accidents. Emphasis is placed on the importance of principles as fundamental, guiding principles (requirements) of any important public-law activity, expressing the most significant aspects (manifestations) of implementation of measures of administrative and legal prevention of road traffic injuries and acting as official guidelines in the practice of counteracting administrative "road" torts.

scholarly journals Mortality and potential years of life lost by road traffic injuries in Brazil, 2013

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvânia Suely Caribé de Araújo Andrade ◽  
Maria Helena Prado de Mello-Jorge
Keyword(s):  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Skin Color ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Years Of Life Lost ◽  
Road Traffic Injuries ◽  
Proportional Mortality ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To estimate the potential years of life lost by road traffic injuries three years after the beginning of the Decade of Action for Traffic Safety. METHODS We analyzed the data of the Sistema de Informações sobre Mortalidade (SIM – Mortality Information System) related to road traffic injuries, in 2013. We estimated the crude and standardized mortality rates for Brazil and geographic regions. We calculated, for the Country, the proportional mortality according to age groups, education level, race/skin color, and type or quality of the victim while user of the public highway. We estimated the potential years of life lost according to sex. RESULTS The mortality rate in 2013 was of 21.0 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants for the Country. The Midwest region presented the highest rate (29.9 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants). Most of the deaths by road traffic injuries took place with males (34.9 deaths per 100,000 males). More than half of the people who have died because of road traffic injuries were of black race/skin color, young adults (24.2%), individuals with low schooling (24.0%), and motorcyclists (28.5%). The mortality rate in the triennium 2011-2013 decreased 4.1%, but increased among motorcyclists. Across the Country, more than a million of potential years of life were lost, in 2013, because of road traffic injuries, especially in the age group of 20 to 29 years. CONCLUSIONS The impact of the high mortality rate is of over a million of potential years of life lost by road traffic injuries, especially among adults in productive age (early mortality), in only one year, representing extreme social cost arising from a cause of death that could be prevented. Despite the reduction of mortality by road traffic injuries from 2011 to 2013, the mortality rates increased among motorcyclists.

scholarly journals Impact of injury-related deaths on life expectancy in China, 2016

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fangwei Li ◽  
Shujing Wen ◽  
Qixin Tang ◽  
Qianyu Zhou ◽  
Yibin Hao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Influencing Factor ◽  
Mortality Data ◽  
High Risk Population ◽  
Road Traffic Injuries ◽  
Central Regions ◽  
Standard Life ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Children Under 5

Abstract: This study aimed to illustrate the impact of injury-related deaths on life expectancy in China in 2016 and to identify the high-risk population. Standard life tables were used to calculate life expectancy and cause-eliminated life expectancy by utilizing mortality data from the national mortality surveillance system. In 2016, the life expectancy of Chinese residents was 78.91 years. After eliminating injury-related mortality, the life expectancy of the residents increased by 1.13 years, which was higher in male and rural residents compared with female and urban residents. The life expectancy on the Eastern and Central regions increased slowly compared with the Western region. The greatest influencing factor on life expectancy was road traffic injuries, followed by falls. Falls had a greater impact on life expectancy for children under 5 years old and those aged over 65 years. This study indicates that deaths caused by injury had a noteworthy impact on life expectancy in China. More attention should be paid to road traffic injuries, and effective preventive measures should be taken to reduce deaths related to injury to increase the life expectancy of residents, especially in children under 5 years and adults over 65 years. By reducing the deaths caused by injury, the life expectancy level is likely to further improve.

Economic Evaluation of Interventions to Reduce Road Traffic injuries - A Review of the Literature with Applications to Low and Middie-income Countries

2004 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.R. Waters ◽  
A.A. Hyder ◽  
T.L. Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Evaluations ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Road Traffic Injuries ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Low And Middle Income

Road Traffic Injuries (RTIs) kill over one million people worldwide annually. This article takes the perspective of economic costs and benefits to review the impact of available road safety interventions in industrialized countries - and the potential effect of these interventions in low and middle-income countries, where RTIs pose an increasingly large public health problem. A comprehensive review of the literature on cost-benefits and cost-effectiveness studies related to road traffic injuries internationally, with comparisons of costs adjusted for inflation and exchange differentials was conducted. In the United States (US), motor vehicle inspection laws resulted in annual savings of US $1.7 to $2.3 billion. The installation of seatbelts results in net savings of $162 per vehicle; with benefits outweighing costs by a factor ranging from 240 to 1,727. Other cost effective interventions include mandatory seatbelt use, lowering speed limits, motorcycle helmet laws, and traffic calming devices such as speed bumps and road deviations. The dearth of similar economic evaluations of interventions for road traffic injuries in low and middle-income countries represents a serious research gap and hinders the implementation of effective strategies in those countries. Asia Pac J Public Health 2004; 16(1): 23-31.

scholarly journals 372 The impact of road safety campaign on motor cycle related road traffic injuries in Naivasha, Kenya

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (Suppl 2) ◽  
pp. A136.2-A137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter A Odhiambo ◽  
Saidi Hasan ◽  
Charles Mock ◽  
Julius Oyugi ◽  
Walter Mwanda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Road Safety ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Road Traffic Injuries ◽  
Motor Cycle ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Impacts of 2020 Low Traffic Neighbourhoods in London on Road Traffic Injuries

Findings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Goodman ◽  
Jamie Furlong ◽  
Anthony A. Laverty ◽  
Asa Thomas ◽  
Rachel Aldred
Keyword(s):  
Road Traffic ◽  
Road Traffic Injuries ◽  
Low Traffic

scholarly journals Health systems research initiative to tackle growing road traffic injuries in India

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bontha V Babu ◽  
Yogita Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Health Systems ◽  
Trauma Care ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Health Systems Research ◽  
Multicentric Study ◽  
Road Traffic Injuries ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Functional Benefit ◽  
The Impact

Road traffic injuries (RTIs) are the sixth leading cause of deaths in India and about 400 deaths take place every day due to road traffic accidents. The present paper analyses the data of the India’s National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) to assess the burden of RTI. In addition, it reports the health systems research initiated by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). As per NCRB data, in 2015, 6.3 million persons (50 persons per 10 million population) injured and out of them 1.4 million (11 persons per 10 million population) died in India. Except the NCRB data, there are no nation-wide data on RTI and the data remain poorly collected and sporadic in India. Hence, ICMR has initiated a multi-centric study to establish an electronic-based comprehensive and integrated RTI surveillance system. The second issue on which ICMR undertake research is timely and quality care of RTI patients as many deaths occur either at the scene or en route to the hospital. There is a clear survival and functional benefit for critically injured patients to receive appropriate care within the first 60 minutes of injury (‘golden hour’). Hence, this multicentric study has been initiated to standardize structured evidence-based intervention for safety, efficacy and quality of post-crash pre-hospital and in-hospital trauma care services to improve the outcome in RTI victims. An android-based trauma registry is being built and will be used to assess the impact of interventions. These studies will provide first comprehensive estimates on various epidemiological issues related to RTI. Also, an evidence of improvement through quality post-crash prehospital and in-hospital trauma care services will emerge. These results will contribute to the setting of research and investment priorities and to formulate policies and guidelines.

scholarly journals Effect of COVID-19 on Epidemiological Characteristics of Road Traffic Injuries in Suzhou:A Retrospective Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenjuan Huang ◽  
Qi Lin ◽  
Feng Xu ◽  
Du Chen
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Observation Group ◽  
Road Traffic Injuries ◽  
Consciousness Disorder ◽  
Electric Bicycle ◽  
And Control ◽  
Epidemiological Characteristics ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background: To present the new trends in epidemiology of road traffic injuries (RTIs) in Suzhou under the impact of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and control measures.Methods: Pre-hospital care records of RTIs in January-May 2020 and January-May 2019 were collected from the database of Suzhou emergency center, Jiangsu, China， and relevant clinical data were extracted for a retrospective study. RTIs in 2020 and 2019 were defined as observation group and control group respectively.Results: There were 7288 RTIs in the observation group, accounting for 82.17% of the control group. The number of RTIs per month from January to May in the observation group were 79.72%, 47.69%, 79.30%, 85.72% and 99.39% of the control group, respectively. Subgroup analysis showed that the number and composition ratio of electric bicycle related RTIs in the observation group were significantly higher than those in the control group (2641, 36.24% vs 2380, 26.84%, P<0.001). We observed a statistically significant increase in proportion of RTIs with consciousness disorder in the observation group compared to the control group (7.22% vs 6.13%, P = 0.006).Conclusions: Under the impact of COVID-19, the total number of RTIs in Suzhou from January to May 2020 decreased obviously. Nevertheless, there was an obvious rise in electric bicycle related RTIs, and the proportion of RTIs with consciousness disorder also increased. It is necessary for electric bicycle riders to wear helmets.

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