title: Road traffic crashes with fatal and non-fatal injuries in Arkhangelsk, Russia in 2005-2010.
abstract: The study investigated trends in traffic crashes with fatal and non-fatal injuries in Arkhangelsk, Russia in 2005-2010. Data were obtained from the road police. Negative binomial regression with time regressor was used to investigate trends in monthly incidence rates (IRs) of crashes, fatalities, and non-fatal injuries. During the six-year period, the police registered 4955 crashes with fatal and non-fatal injuries, which resulted in 217 fatalities and 5964 non-fatal injury cases. The IR of crashes with fatal and non-fatal injuries per total population showed no evident change, while the IR per increasing total number of motor vehicles decreased on average by 0.6% per month. Pedestrian crashes constituted 51.8% of studied crashes, and pedestrians constituted 54.6% of fatalities and 44.5% of non-fatal injuries. The IRs of pedestrian crashes and non-fatal pedestrian injuries per total population decreased on average by 0.3% per month, and these were the major trends in the data.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Community Medicine , University of Tromsø , Tromsø , Norway.
authors.forename: Alexander V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Kudryavtsev
authors.forename: Odd
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nilssen
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lund
authors.forename: Andrej M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Grjibovski
authors.forename: Børge
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ytterstad
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000401:mortality / Q000639:trends*; D001642:Bicycling / Q000293:injuries / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009049:Motorcycles / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D016138:Walking / Q000293:injuries / Q000639:trends*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality