The relative risk factors of the injuries caused by accidents in mashhad roads in 2007

• Published in: Iranian red crescent medical journal Vol. 13; no. 8; pp. 530 - 536
• Main Authors: Ibrahimipour, H., Asgari, S., Alidadi-Soltangholi, H., Khabbaz-Khoob, M., Vafaee Najar, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dubai, United Arab Emirates Iranian Hospital 01.08.2011
• Subjects: Risk assessment; Traffic accidents; حوادث المرور
• ISSN: 2074-1804; 2074-1812

Background : in most societies nowadays, accidents are considered as the second most probable cause of death. A big ratio of this is related to the traffic accidents. This report aims at recognizing the accidents which cause casualties around Mashhad’s roads. Methods : in a case-control study, the cases were drivers who had accidents in these roads with casualties and the controls were the drivers having accidents in same locations but with no casualties. Variables were age, sex, seat belt, spontaneous combustion at the accident, trapping at the accident, falling out of the vehicle at the accident, music playing in the vehicle at the time of the accident, using cell phone, the direction of the accident, the time, smoking at the time of the accident, and the model of the vehicle in both groups. Results : Ninety percent of the cases and 93% of the controls were able or willing to be interviewed while 16.2 % and 23.4% of the cases and controls were female. The distribution of males in the case and control group was 83.8 % and 76.6% respectively. The age of the case and control groups was 35.5±10.5 and 39.4 ± 9.8 years. The use of seat belt as a safety factor was significantly more in the control group (OR = 0.44). Combustion was 21 % seen in the case group at the time of the accident, but the same occurred in the control group only in 1.3 % of the accidents. The trapping and falling out of the vehicle were significantly more in the case group. Conclusion : fastening seat belt had a significant positive effect on reducing the injuries caused by the accidents. Age as another significant indicator showed a great influence in the danger factor caused by the road accidents which can be reduced by means of media information.