Author/Authors :
Afshari ، Maryam نويسنده MSc, PhD Student in Health Education and Health promotion, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran Afshari , Maryam , Khazaei ، S نويسنده MSc, PhD Candidate in Epidemiology, Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Khazaei , S , Mohammadian ، M نويسنده MSC in Epidemiology, Social Development and Health Promotion Research Center, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran Mohammadian , M , Mohammadian Hafshejani ، A نويسنده MSc, PhD Candidate in Epidemiology, Social Determinants in Health Promotion Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran. Mohammadian Hafshejani , A
Abstract :
Background: In recent decades, due to the increase in users of roads and inadequate attention to the creation and development of appropriate passageways for traffic, there has been a growing trend in traffic accidents and casualties caused by them. The traffic accidents among pedestrians to take necessary measures in a timely fashion should be well studied. This study was conducted with the goal of survey traffic accidents among pedestrians in 2014.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted using data from the National Accidents Record Program regarding 2013. In this study, all traffic accidents in which the injured person was referred to a public or private hospital in the country to receive health services or was transferred to the hospital by EMS 115 and received remedial measures on an outpatient or inpatient basis in all provinces were considered. The incidence of pedestrian-vehicle accidents was calculated per ten thousand. Map GIS software package was used for the mapping of occurrence of events and Microsoft EXCEL and Stata software were used for data analysis.
Results: In this study, the 82066 pedestrians who were injured in road accidents consisted of a total of 53240 men and 28826 women. The rate of traffic accidents was higher in men than in women (64.87% and 35.13%, respectively) and the majority of individuals affected were in the age group of 20 to 24 years. Most pedestrian-vehicle accidents had occurred on the street (89.8%).
Conclusion: Pedestrians are at risk of the irreversible outcomes of traffic accidents; therefore, effective and regular training on the prevention of injury and secure environment is essential to reduce injuries.
