title: Opportunities for knowledge translation in the decade of road traffic safety.
abstract: The United Nations has identified road traffic safety as an important objective for the decade 2011-2020. It has implemented a 5-tiered program: improving health care services, improving management of road safety, improving road network safety, improving vehicular safety, and improving road safety legislation. A small body of practical research has been generated by the medical and surgical (including orthopaedic) communities regarding the road traffic safety, but a substantial amount of work remains to be performed. This article will review published research in each of the 5 tiers of the Decade of Action for Road Traffic Safety and will identify areas where research is insufficient or absent, such that new research programming and funding can be developed.
authors.affiliation: *Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; †Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and ‡Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Memorial Hermann Hospital, University of Texas, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Gregory J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Della Rocca
authors.forename: Robert P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Dunbar
authors.forename: Andrew R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Burgess
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001336:Automobiles / Q000592:standards; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D012449:Safety / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical