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Evaluation of the effectiveness of road safety measures and their impact on the pattern and distribution of extracranial and intracranial hemorrhages in fatal head injury cases in Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Introduction: In Uttar Pradesh, India, there are many fatal head injuries as a result of road traffic accidents (RTAs). Studying the pattern and distribution of intracranial hemorrhages, a frequent complication of severe head trauma might provide vital information on the efficacy of traffic safety regulations. To improve road safety tactics and lower fatal head injuries in Uttar Pradesh, this study intends to assess the effect of road safety measures on the frequency and distribution of intracranial hemorrhages in fatal head injury patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Incidence and Severity of Pediatric Injuries Sustained by Electric Bikes and Powered Scooters: The Experience of an Urban, Tertiary Pediatric Emergency Department.
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Pediatric Emergency.
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- * Out of 1466 pediatric patients with such injuries, there was a significant rise in emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and severe trauma cases, despite the percentage of severe cases remaining stable over time.
- * The findings indicate a troubling trend of rising E-bike and P-scooter injuries in children, suggesting current safety regulations are ineffective and require urgent updates and stricter enforcement.
Behaviour of motorcyclists and bicyclists before and after a road safety campaign, China.
Bull World Health Organ
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Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics; Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, 172 Tongzipo Road, Changsha, 410013, China.
Objective: To examine changes in red-light running and distracted riding among motorcyclists and cyclists before and after the 2020 implementation of the One Helmet, One Seatbelt campaign in China.
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Accustomed or Regulated: Influencing factors of two-wheeler riders' illegal Lane-Transgressing behavior when overtaking.
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Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. Electronic address:
Illegal lane-transgressing is a typical aberrant riding behavior of riders of two-wheelers, i.e., motorcycles, bicycles, and e-bikes, which is highly frequent in accident reports.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF"We are pleading for the government to do more": Road user perspectives on the magnitude, contributing factors, and potential solutions to road traffic injuries and deaths in Ghana.
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Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
Road traffic collisions disproportionately impact Ghana and other low- and middle-income countries. This study explored road user perspectives regarding the magnitude, contributing factors, and potential solutions to road traffic collisions, injuries, and deaths. We designed a qualitative study of 24 in-depth interviews with 14 vulnerable road users (pedestrians, occupants of powered 2- and 3-wheelers, cyclists) and ten non-vulnerable road users in four high-risk areas in November 2022.
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