Comparison of on-reserve road versus off-reserve road motor vehicle crashes in Saskatchewan, Canada: a case control study

There is an overwhelmingly high incidence of severe injuries caused by motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) among Aboriginal Canadians as compared with the general population. The authors obtained MVC data for a 3-year period, 2003-2005, from Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) for collisions occurring...

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Published inAsia-Pacific journal of public health Vol. 23; no. 6; p. 1005
Main Authors Desapriya, Ediriweera, Fujiwara, Takeo, Verma, Pamela, Babul, Shelina, Pike, Ian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published China 01.11.2011
Subjects
Accidents, Traffic - statistics & numerical data
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Case-Control Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Off-Road Motor Vehicles
Saskatchewan
Young Adult
Saskatchewan
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Summary:There is an overwhelmingly high incidence of severe injuries caused by motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) among Aboriginal Canadians as compared with the general population. The authors obtained MVC data for a 3-year period, 2003-2005, from Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) for collisions occurring on on-reserve roads (n = 1270) together with a randomly selected sample of MVCs from off-reserve roads (n = 1270) in Saskatchewan. They compared the collision characteristics using bivariate and multiple logistic regressions. On-reserve MVCs were more likely to include multiple collisions and result in severe injuries than the off-reserve sample. A number of factors were significantly related to the increased risk of on-reserve collisions as compared with the reference group for each variable. Factors from all 3 levels (human, environmental, and vehicle factors) are associated with on-reserve MVCs.
ISSN:1941-2479
DOI:10.1177/1010539510361787