Road Traffic Injury Characteristics on Low-Volume Rural Roads in Tanzania

Road traffic injuries (RTIs) constitute a major public health problem. The aim of this study is to describe the characteristics of road traffic injuries on low-volume roads in a rural African setting in order to develop a comprehensive injury prevention program. Data was collected using a household survey technique along three rural roads. The sampling technique aimed to collect data on all households within 200 meters of each of the three study roads. This study found a rural road traffic injury incidence of 3.3 per 100 person years. Of 49 road traffic injury victims, 63% were in the 15 – 44 year age category and 82% were male. Over half of the injuries involved a motorcycle and a third occurred on dirt roads. The average length of disability was 24±25.9 days. These study results represent baseline data to be used in the creation of a multi-modal injury prevention program, for comparing with other studies and to serve as the first step in a formal program evaluation.

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  https://www.worldtransportjournal.org/journal
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• Authors:
  • Jinadasa, Deepani
  • Zimmerman, Karen
  • Maegga, Bertha
  • Guerrero, Alejandro
• Publication Date: 2013-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 58-64
• Serial:
  • World Transport Policy & Practice
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Eco-Logica Limited
  • ISSN: 1352-7614
  • Serial URL: https://www.worldtransportjournal.org/journal
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash data; Developing countries; Injury characteristics; Injury rates; Low volume roads; Rural highways; Traffic crash victims
• Geographic Terms: Tanzania
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I81: Accident Statistics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01484150
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 18 2013 9:11AM