scholarly journals Road traffic injuries in Nepal during COVID-19 lockdown

F1000Research ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 1209
Author(s):  
Bhagabati Sedain ◽  
Puspa Raj Pant
Keyword(s):  
Road Traffic ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Traffic Crashes ◽  
Road Traffic Crashes ◽  
Road Traffic Injuries ◽  
Road Crashes ◽  
Police Records ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
The Government ◽  
Nonfatal Injuries

Background: As the world is busy addressing COVID-19, road traffic injuries, another major cause of death is continuously killing people on the roads. In Nepal, there were frequent media reports of occurrences of road crashes, injuries, and deaths despite nationwide lockdown. This paper aims to describe the situation of road traffic crashes and casualties during the period of complete lockdown. Methods: This study used secondary data from two sources: Nepal Police and media reports between 24 March and 14 June 2020 (because the government lifted the nationwide lockdown from 15 June 2020). Available details of crashes, deaths, and injuries for this period were extracted from media reports and the summary data that was obtained from the Police.  We have included data from both sources in the results. Results: Nepal Police recorded 1,801 incidents of road crashes during the 82 days of the COVID-19 lockdown with 256 deaths (on average 3.1 deaths daily) and 1,824 injuries (on average 22.2 injuries daily). Motorcycles comprised over 21% of all vehicles involved in crashes. Ambulances and other vehicles for essential services were also found to be involved in crashes. Speeding itself was the cause for almost a quarter of the incidents during the lockdown. Conclusions: Although a reduction in the number of road crashes and related injuries and fatalities was observed, this reduction was not as substantial as anticipated during the heavy restrictions on vehicular movement imposed during the lockdown. Media reports were mainly found to be reporting the crashes where deaths occurred, but police records also included nonfatal injuries. The incidence of crashes in this period shows that it is important to work for road safety to save lives from road traffic crashes in Nepal.

scholarly journals Road traffic injuries in Nepal during COVID-19 lockdown

F1000Research ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 1209
Author(s):  
Bhagabati Sedain ◽  
Puspa Raj Pant
Keyword(s):  
Road Traffic ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Traffic Crashes ◽  
Road Traffic Crashes ◽  
Road Traffic Injuries ◽  
Road Crashes ◽  
Cause Of Deaths ◽  
Police Records ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
The Government

Background: As the world is busy addressing COVID-19, road traffic injuries, another major cause of deaths is continuously killing people on the roads. In Nepal, there were frequent media reports of occurrences of road crashes, injuries, and deaths despite nationwide lockdown. This paper aims to describe the situation of road traffic crashes and casualties during the period of complete lockdown. Methods: This study used secondary data from two sources: Nepal Police and media reports between 24 March and 14 June 2020 (because the government lifted the nationwide lockdown from 15 June 2020). Available details of crashes, deaths, and injuries for this period were extracted from media reports and the summary data that was obtained from the Police.  We have included data from both sources in the results. Results: Nepal Police recorded 1,801 incidents of road crashes during the 82 days of the COVID-19 lockdown with 256 deaths (on average 3.1 deaths daily) and 1,824 injuries (on average 22.2 injuries daily). Motorcycles comprised over 21% of all vehicles involved in crashes. Ambulances and other vehicles for essential services were also found to be involved in crashes. Speeding itself was the cause for almost a quarter of the incidents during the lockdown. Conclusions: Even when the movement restrictions were imposed in Nepal, the number of road crashes was not substantially reduced. Media reports were mainly found to be reporting the crashes where deaths occurred, but police records also included nonfatal injuries. The incidence of crashes in this period shows that it is important to work for road safety to save lives from road traffic crashes in Nepal.

scholarly journals Road traffic injuries in Nepal during COVID-19 lockdown

F1000Research ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 1209
Author(s):  
Bhagabati Sedain ◽  
Puspa Raj Pant
Keyword(s):  
Road Traffic ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Traffic Crashes ◽  
Road Traffic Crashes ◽  
Road Traffic Injuries ◽  
Road Crashes ◽  
Cause Of Deaths ◽  
Police Records ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
The Government

Background: As the world is busy addressing COVID-19, road traffic injuries, another major cause of deaths is continuously killing people on the roads. In Nepal, there were frequent media reports of occurrences of road crashes, injuries, and deaths despite nationwide lockdown. This paper aims to describe the situation of road traffic crashes and casualties during the period of complete lockdown. Methods: This study used secondary data from two sources: Nepal Police and media reports between 24 March and 14 June 2020 (because the government lifted the nationwide lockdown from 15 June 2020). Available details of crashes, deaths, and injuries for this period were extracted from media reports and the summary data that was obtained from the Police. Narrative comparison is done between the data for the same period from both the sources, where possible. Results: Nepal Police recorded 1,801 incidents of road crashes during the 82 days of the COVID-19 lockdown with 256 deaths (on average 3.1 deaths daily) and 1,824 injuries (on average 22.2 injuries daily). Motorcycles comprised over 21% of all vehicles involved in crashes. Ambulances and other vehicles for essential services were also found to be involved in crashes. Speeding itself was the cause for almost a quarter of the incidents during the lockdown. Conclusions: Even when the movement restrictions were imposed in Nepal, the number of road crashes was not substantially reduced. Media reports were mainly found to be reporting the crashes where deaths occurred, but police records also included nonfatal injuries. The incidence of crashes in this period shows that it is important to work for road safety to save lives from road traffic crashes in Nepal.

scholarly journals Collaborative research and knowledge translation on road crashes in Burkina Faso: the police perspective 18 months on

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Dagenais ◽  
Michelle Proulx ◽  
Esther Mc Sween-Cadieux ◽  
Aude Nikiema ◽  
Emmanuel Bonnet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Translation ◽  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Road Traffic Crash ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Traffic Crashes ◽  
Road Traffic Crashes ◽  
Road Crashes

AbstractIn this commentary, we present a follow-up of two articles published in 2017 and 2018 about road traffic crashes, which is an important public health issue in Africa and Burkina Faso. The first article reported on a research project, conducted in partnership with local actors involved in road safety, carried out in Ouagadougou in 2015. Its aim was to test the effectiveness, acceptability, and capacity of a surveillance system to assess the number of road traffic crashes and their consequences on the health of crash victims. Several knowledge translation activities were carried out to maximize its impact and were reported in the 2018 article published in HRPS: monthly reports presenting the research data, large-format printed maps distributed to the city’s police stations, and a deliberative workshop held at the end of the research project. The present commentary presents our efforts to deepen our understanding of the impacts of the knowledge translation strategy, based on follow-up interviews, 18 months after the workshop, with the heads of the road traffic crash units in Ouagadougou police stations (n = 5). Several benefits were reported by respondents. Their involvement in the process prompted them to broaden their knowledge of other ways of dealing with the issue of road crashes. This led them, sometimes with their colleagues, to intervene differently: more rapid response at collision sites, increased surveillance of dangerous intersections, user awareness-raising on the importance of the highway code, etc. However, sustaining these actions over the longer term has proven difficult. Several lessons were derived from this experience, regarding the importance of producing useful and locally applicable research data, of ensuring the acceptability of the technologies used for data collection, of using collaborative approaches in research and knowledge translation, of ensuring the visibility of actions undertaken by actors in the field, and of involving decision-makers in the research process to maximize its impacts.

scholarly journals Practice Analysis of Road Traffic Crashes Accident of a City in China

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 105-110
Author(s):  
Li Wei Hu ◽  
Jian Xiong
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Crash Severity ◽  
Crash Analysis ◽  
Expected Number ◽  
Traffic Crashes ◽  
Road Traffic Crashes ◽  
Road Crashes ◽  
The Road ◽  
Types Of Information

Many studies focused on the development of crash analysis approaches have resulted in aggregate practices and experiences to quantify the safety effects of human, geometric, traffic and environmental factors on the expected number of deaths, injuries, and/or property damage crashes at specific locations. Traffic crashes on roads are a major cause of road crashes in the metropolitan area of Xi’an. In an attempt to identify causes and consequences, reported traffic crashes for six years in Xi’an were analyzed using a sample of 2038 reports. The main types of information from such reports were extracted, coded, and statistically analyzed. Important results were obtained from frequency analyses as well as multiple contributory factors related to traffic crashes, including crash severity, time and location of occurrence, geometry of the road, AADT and v/c. This paper presents the results of such analyses and provides some recommendations to improve traffic safety and further studies to analyze potential crash locations.

scholarly journals Changes In Mortality Trends Of Road Traffic Injuries In Lithuania Over 1971-2014

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 114-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Birutė Strukčinskienė ◽  
Robert Bauer ◽  
Vaiva Strukčinskaitė ◽  
Sigutė Norkienė
Keyword(s):  
Road Safety ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Potential Effect ◽  
World Health ◽  
Mortality Trends ◽  
Road Traffic Crashes ◽  
Road Traffic Injuries ◽  
The Government

The goal of this study was to analyze the changes in mortality trends of road traffic injuries for the whole population in transitional Lithuania over 1971 to 2014. Special attention was paid to the potential effect of the activities at macro and micro-level, and the socio-economic changes after the Independence in 1991. The data were derived from the Department of Statistics for the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, the Archives of Health Information Centre, and the Institute of Hygiene in Lithuania. The numbers have been based on the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) of the World Health Organization (WHO). Trends were estimated by the use of logarithmic regression. During the study, trends before the Independence in 1991 and after the Independence were compared. The study revealed that during the 44-year study period, a total of 38,982 people died from road traffic injuries in Lithuania. Men deceased 3.2 times more than that of women. About 40% of those killed in road traffic crashes were pedestrians. The mortality rates of road traffic injuries showed no significant change over the pre-independence period (1971- 1991) for the whole group. However, during the post-independence period (1992-2014), the mortality rates of road traffic injuries in the country significantly decreased for the whole population. Before the Independence (1971-1991), no change was presented nor in men and nor in women subgroups, whereas after the Independence (1992-2014), road traffic injury deaths fell significantly in both sexes. In addition, over the post-independence period, a significant decrease in pedestrian mortality trends for the whole population, and in men and women subgroups was observed. The study confirmed that sustainable preventive measures at macro and micro levels had possible impact on fatal road traffic injuries in the country. Socioeconomic changes, political reforms, education activities, safe environment creation, legislation, and improved healthcare seem to have contributed to the significant decrease of fatal road traffic injuries in transitional Lithuania. Continuous and permanent injury prevention and road safety promotion work is recommended for road safety management.

scholarly journals Low-Speed Zone Guide

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Bray Sharpin ◽  
Claudia Adriazola-Steil ◽  
Soames Job ◽  
Marta Obelheiro ◽  
Ben Welle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Road Safety ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Specific Context ◽  
Traffic Crashes ◽  
Road Traffic Crashes ◽  
Low Speed ◽  
Road Crashes ◽  
The World ◽  
Risk Areas

Every year approximately 1.35 million people lose their lives due to road traffic crashes. In many road crashes, speed plays a key role. As a result, managing speed has taken on great importance in cities around the world. An effective method for reducing speed and improving road safety, especially in high-risk areas, has been to establish low-speed zones. This Low-Speed Zone Guide presents strategies for planning, designing, building, and evaluating low-speed zones. The guide intends to equip communities and decision-makers with the tools to implement low-speed zones that will suit their specific context.

scholarly journals Road User Attitudes and Their Reported Behaviours in Abuja, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4222
Author(s):  
Uchenna Nnabuihe Uhegbu ◽  
Miles R. Tight
Keyword(s):  
Road Safety ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Road User ◽  
Traffic Crashes ◽  
Road Traffic Crashes ◽  
The Road ◽  
Road Users ◽  
User Attitudes ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Right

The continuous increases in the numbers of road traffic crashes (RTC) over the years, especially in developing countries, have been a source of worry. The majority of the RTC are attributed to road user behaviours exhibited by the drivers. This study sets out to investigate the road user attitudes and behaviours in Abuja, Nigeria. A total of 1526 questionnaires were distributed, of which 321 questionnaires were completed and returned. The questionnaires tried to understand four major road user behaviours, namely use of seatbelts, drink driving, use of mobile phone while driving, and use of child restraints. The results after analysing the questionnaires showed that the majority of the road users in Abuja showed high non-compliance with the use of seatbelts, either when driving or when being driven. About 64% of the respondents admitted to not using seatbelts. Results from the cross-tabulation process showed that the high non-compliance to seatbelt usage was statistically associated with young, single road users. Around one-third of Abuja road users admitted to drink driving. Road users who were married engaged in more frequent drink driving than road users who were single, and the association was statistically significant. A high percentage of Abuja road users admitted to using mobile phones while driving and 55.8% of the total respondents admitted to not using child restraints while driving. A lack of child restraints was statistically associated more with male road users than female road users. It is recommended that stricter enforcement of road safety laws should be undertaken and that the government should provide road safety agents with the right equipment (e.g., speed guns, breathalyzers) that would aid road safety agents to perform their duties effectively in order to curb the excessive bad road user behaviours in Abuja.

scholarly journals Assessment of the Influence of Lagos Bus Rapid Transit Scheme (BRT-Lite) on Road Traffic Crashes (RTC) on Lagos Mainland-Island Corridor

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adeyinka Peter Ajayi
Keyword(s):  
Road Traffic ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Central Business District ◽  
Bus Rapid Transit ◽  
Rapid Transit ◽  
Traffic Crashes ◽  
Road Traffic Crashes ◽  
Safety Outcomes ◽  
Business District ◽  
The Impact

Background:This paper filled an important gap in the on-going global assessment of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) operations on Road Traffic Crashes (RTC) safety outcomes on corridors plied.Introduction:The work carried out a scientific investigation of the impact of Lagos BRT-Lite(Africa’s first and only BRT scheme) on the achievement of a possible reduction in the incidences of RTC on the 22-kilometer radial highway that connects Mile12 and Lagos Island the traditional central business district.Methodology:Secondary data on the incidences of RTC on the corridor between 2002 and 2013 were obtained from Nigeria Police. One-way Analysis of variance between subjects revealed that the advent of BRT operations on the corridor do not have any significant effect in the reported cases of the three categories of RTC examined. Minor (p=. 783), Serious (p= .887) and Fatal (p= .826).Data Analysis:Descriptive statistics, however, showed that there has been a general reduction in the incidences of all categories of RTC considered in the period after the commencement of BRT on the corridor.Conclusion:The paper concludes by positing that while it might be far-fetched to imply a direct causal relationship between the introduction of BRT and reduction in the cases of RTC on the corridor, it may not be far to suggest that it has definitely impacted safety outcomes as it relates to RTC.

scholarly journals Risk and Road Traffic Accidents in Uttarakhand– Present Scenario, Analysis, Interpretation and Preventions.

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 1374-1379
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Annual Growth Rate ◽  
Road Accidents ◽  
Traffic Crashes ◽  
Road Traffic Crashes ◽  
The Road ◽  
Growing Economy

India being the developing and the second largest populated country with one of the fastest growing economy in the world. It paved the way to very fast urbanization in the country. The country faces many problems including transportation and road safety. The road patterns in Indian cities are very different as compared to western world.During the period 1970–2009, the nation's road length increased at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.2%, whereas the number of registered vehicles, RTCs, and fatalities grew at 12%, 3.8%, and 5.7% CAGR respectively. Exposure risk dropped from 103 to 11 fatalities per 10 000 vehicles but increased from 2.7 to 10.8 fatalities per 100000 people. In 2001, Andhra Pradesh had 7.5% of the nation's population but 10.4% fatalities. There is an alarming increase in road accidents in the country, which takes away more than 90,000 lives every year.Four major districts of Uttarakhand, namely, Dehradun (213), Haridwar (233), Nanital (134) and Udham singh nagar (223) - accounted for about 82% of total road accidents in Uttarakhand in 2018.In this research work, we tried to study the present road traffic crashes in the hilly state of India – Uttarakhand. We have also tried to identify and analyze the different types of risks involved in road traffic crashes and tried to analyze and interpret the ongoing and the latest trends in road traffic crashes in Uttarakhand (RTC). We also tried to suggest the preventive measures to be taken in Uttarakhand, regarding RTC. Analysis is done with the help of primary and secondary data using appropriate statistical tools.It is evident from the study that road accidents in Uttarakhand have decreased by 7% but fatalities rose by 8.2% as per 2017-18. From the combined analysis of the three variables, namely road conditions, individual factors and poor vehicle maintenance, all three factors have their own impact on the RTC.

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