Determinants of traffic injuries in drivers and motorcyclists involved in an accident.
Basic information on the risk factors of road traffic injuries in Iran is scarce. This case-control study was conducted to determine the association of potential risk factors with the incidence of injury among motor vehicle drivers and motorcyclists on Qazvin-Loshan Road. The cases were 175 drivers and motorcyclists who had a road traffic accident (RTA) and sustained an injury. The controls were 175 motorists who had a RTA, on the same road and over the same time period, without suffering any injury. The analyses were separately performed by comparing the controls with mildly and severely injured cases, using New Injury Severity Score (NISS) 15 as a threshold. The results showed that fire following collision was significant in the crude analysis of all 175 cases and controls. The severity of collision, vehicle type (motorcycle versus other vehicle crashes), and gender were significant in the multivariable analyses of both mildly and severely injured cases. Safety equipment use is only significant (adjusted odds ratio, AOR=0.44, 95% confidence interval, 95%CI=0.23-0.84) among mild cases. The number of collisions (AOR=3.87, 95%CI=1.64-9.10) and weather conditions (AOR=4.32, 95%CI=1.13-16.5) only associate significantly with the occurrence of road traffic injury in severe cases, in comparison with the controls.
Majdzadeh
Reza
R
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, School of Public Health and Institute of Public Health Research, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Tehran 1417863181, Iran. rezamajd@tums.ac.ir
Khalagi
Kazem
K
Naraghi
Kamran
K
Motevalian
Abbas
A
Eshraghian
Mohammad Reza
MR
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009049:Motorcycles; D011482:Protective Devices; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000209:etiology*