Investigation of road infrastructure and traffic density attributes at high-risk locations for motorcycle-related injuries using multiple correspondence and cluster analysis in urban Tanzania.

Rapid growth in use of motorcycles combined with limited road infrastructures has increased the burden of road traffic crashes and injuries in low-and middle-income countries. The aim of this study was to assess whether high-risk locations for motorcycle-related injuries identified from police crash data registers for the period 2016 to 2017 share similar road infrastructure and traffic density attributes in Dar es Salaam city. Analysis was performed using multiple correspondence and hierarchical cluster analysis.

Trajectories of sickness absence after road traffic injury: a Swedish register-based cohort study.

Objectives: Despite much focus on the health impact of road traffic injury (RTI) on life, there is a lack of knowledge of the dynamic process of return to work following RTI and its related factors. The aim of this study was to identify longitudinal patterns of sickness absence (SA) following RTI, to examine the patterns' interplay with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and to determine if there are differences, regarding the patterns and interplay, according to injury severity.

Design: A register-based prospective cohort study.

Measuring and assessing risk of quality of life loss following a road traffic injury: A proposed methodology for use of a composite score.

Introduction: Assessments of the impact of road traffic injuries (RTIs) on quality of life (QoL) can benefit from the use of combined characteristics of the injurious event.

Aim: The burden of having sustained a RTI was computed using a composite score that comprised three elements (i.e.

: do men and women report different health and life consequences of a road traffic injury?

Background: Worldwide, injuries represent one of the leading causes of mortality, and nearly one-quarter of all injuries are road traffic related. In many high-income countries, the burden of road traffic injuries (RTIs) has shifted from premature death to injury and disability with long-term consequences; therefore, it is important to assess the full burden of an RTI on individual lives.

Objective: To describe how men and women with minor and moderate injuries reported the consequences of an RTI on their health and lives.

Quality of life following road traffic injury: A systematic literature review.

Purpose: To assess and provide a systematic overview of current knowledge about the relationship between quality of life (QoL) and road traffic injury, and to appraise how QoL is affected by road traffic injury.

Methods: A systematic review of the literature published since 1990 on QoL after a road traffic injury, including adult and paediatric populations, from three databases (Pubmed, PsychInfo and SafetyLit) was undertaken. The methodological quality was assessed according to the Newcastle-Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale.

Analgesics and road traffic crashes in senior drivers: an epidemiological review and explorative meta-analysis on opioids.

Aim: To assess the epidemiological evidence associating the use of analgesics with the occurrence of road traffic crashes in senior drivers including a meta-analysis with specific focus on opioids.

Methods: Systematic literature review of articles published between 1991 and 2012 retrieved from major databases using relevant key words. Eligible articles were fully reviewed and the main characteristics and results summarized.

Comparing the impact of socio-demographic factors associated with traffic injury among older road users and the general population in Japan.

Background: The increasing number of older road users represents a public health issue because older individuals are more susceptible to traffic injury and mortality than the general population. This study investigated the association between socio-demographic factors and traffic injury and traffic mortality for the general population and among older road users in Japan.

Methods: An ecological study was conducted using national data in Japan.

A pattern analysis of traffic crashes fatal to older drivers.

A synthesis of the various crash circumstances in which older drivers die is lacking. This study is based on data from Sweden's national archive of fatal RTCs, and focuses on crashes in which the deceased driver was aged 65+ (2002-2004; n=152). Crash patterns were identified by means of cluster analysis using a sub-set of 12 variables describing both driver and crash event characteristics.

Typical patterns in road-traffic accidents during driver training: an explorative Swedish national study.

A new law came into force in Sweden on 1 September 1993, which makes instructor-assisted driving practice possible at the age of 16 years instead of the previous 17 years and 6 months. When the age limit was reduced, the possibility that this would lead to more road-traffic accidents (RTA) during driving practice was discussed. The aim of this study was to highlight typical road-traffic accident patterns and to discuss their potential for improved training and targeted prevention.

Accident involvement among learner drivers--an analysis of the consequences of supervised practice.

It is a well-known fact that experience is important for safe driving. Previously, this presented a problem since experience was mostly gained during the most dangerous period of driving-the first years with a licence. In many countries, this "experience paradox" has been addressed by providing increased opportunities to gain experience through supervised practice.