Abstract Background In 2004, a World Health Report on road safety called for enforcement
of measures such as seatbelt use, effective at minimizing morbidity and mortality caused by …

Background Improving survival and extending the longevity of life for all populations
requires timely, robust evidence on local mortality levels and trends. The Global Burden of …

Background Seat belts might save people's lives in car accidents by preventing severe
collision damage and keeping passengers safe from critical injuries. This meta-analysis was …

In the context of traffic safety, whenever a motorized road user moves against the proper flow
of vehicle movement on physically divided highways or access ramps, this is referred to as …

Upon detecting a crash impact, the vehicle restraint system locks the driver in place.
However, external factors such as speeding, crash mechanisms, roadway attributes, vehicle …

Objectives Trauma is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The literature
on paediatric trauma epidemiology in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) is limited …

Injury severity studies typically rely on police-reported crash data to examine risk factors
associated with traffic injuries. The police crash database includes essential information on …

Aim We aimed to define factors affecting injury severity of vehicle occupants following road
traffic collisions (RTC). Patients and methods 422 vehicle occupants (343 males, 81.3%) …

Background Trauma-related mortality depends on injury severity. Several trauma scores are
used to evaluate injury severity. We compared the Injury Severity Score (ISS) and the New …

Abstract Background The Eastern Mediterranean region has the second highest number of
road traffic injury mortality rates after the African region based on 2013 data, with road traffic …