Abstract Background: In China, despite the decrease in average road traffic fatalities per
capita, the fatality rate and injury rate have been increasing until 2015. Purpose: This study
aims to analyze the road traffic accident severity in China from a macro viewpoint and
various aspects and illuminate several key causal factors. From these analyses, we propose
possible countermeasures to reduce accident severity. Method: The severity of traffic
accidents is measured by human damage (HD) and case fatality rate (CFR). Different …