Driver's license, head protection devices and severity of motorcyclists' injuries in traffic accidents.

Objectives: to describe traffic accidents involving motorcyclists and analyze the association between possession of a motorcycle driver's license and use of helmets according to the severity of injuries.

Methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted among all patients hospitalized in the traumatology and orthopedics sector of a public reference hospital in northeastern Brazil.

Results: 170 patients were surveyed, the majority were male (95.

Work overload and risk behaviors in motorcyclists.

Objective: to analyze the association between work overload and risk behaviors adopted by motorcyclists.

Method: a cross-sectional study of injured motorcycle drivers hospitalized at the Hospital da Restauração Governador Paulo Guerra in the city of Recife, PE, from May to September 2016. A questionnaire was applied containing sociodemographic variables related to work overload and risk behaviors adoption.

Alcohol and risky behavior in traffic among motorcyclists involved in accidents in a city in northeastern Brazil.

The objective of this study was to analyze the association between consumption of alcoholic drinks and adoption of other risky forms of behavior in traffic among motorcyclists involved in accidents. This was an exploratory cross-sectional study among injured motorcyclists who were hospitalized in the traumatology department of the "Governador Paulo Guerra" Restoration Hospital (Hospital da Restauração Governador Paulo Guerra), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. A questionnaire containing items relating to sociodemographic, occupational, and behavioral factors and aspects of the accident and road conditions was applied.