Objective Road traffic injuries are caused by many different factors. This study aimed to analyse road user type information in Chongqing, China in order to develop prevention strategies as well as treatment protocols. Methods Data from road traffic crashes from Chongqing, China were collected prospectively over a seven-year period (2000 to 2006). The data included the road user type, description of the injury, mortality and Abbreviated Injury Scale. Prevalence and cross-tabulations were included in the analysis. Results Forty-nine percent of deaths were pedestrians and 27.84% of deaths were drivers. Head injuries (26.49%) of pedestrians were higher than those of drivers and passengers. Thoracic injuries (22.78%) and spinal injuries (4.44%) of injured passengers were higher than those of drivers and pedestrians. There were significant differences in road user types in both injury severity and injury regions. Conclusions The distribution of road traffic injuries in Chongqing, China is different from that in developed countries and other developing countries. In managing traffic injuries, it is necessary to examine other regions besides the head according to the road user type, such as facial injuries of drivers and passengers, and chest and spinal injuries of passengers.


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    Title :

    Analysis of Road Traffic Injuries by Road User Type in Chongqing, China


    Additional title:

    Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine


    Contributors:
    Qiu, J (author) / Li, Y (author) / Jiang, Z (author) / Yuan, D (author) / Ll, G (author) / Zhang, L (author) / Zhao, X (author) / Zhou, J (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2016-01-01




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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