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Road safety in the political agenda: the impact on road traffic injuries.
- Source :
- Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health; Mar2011, Vol. 65 Issue 3, p218-225, 8p, 4 Charts, 4 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Background This paper aims at assessing the effectiveness of the package of road safety measures implemented after road safety was included in the political agenda in the year 2004 on the number of road traffic-injured people in Spain. Methods An evaluation study was performed using an interrupted time-series design. The study population was people injured in road traffic crashes in Spain between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2006. The road traffic crashes database of the General Directorate for Traffic was used. The dependent variable was the monthly number of people injured, stratified by sex, age, severity and type of road user. The explanatory variable (intervention) compared the post-intervention period (2004-6) with the pre-intervention period (2000-3). Quasi-Poisson regression models were adjusted, controlling for time trend and for seasonality. Results Results show a reduction in the risk of being injured for both men (RR 0.91; 95% CI 0.87 to 0.95) and women (RR 0.89; 95% CI 0.85 to 0.94). Risk reductions were observed across all age groups and all road users, except for pedestrians. Conclusions The present study suggests that prioritising road safety reduces the number of people injured in road traffic collisions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- TRAFFIC safety
AGE distribution
ANALYSIS of variance
CONFIDENCE intervals
LONGITUDINAL method
HEALTH outcome assessment
POISSON distribution
PRACTICAL politics
RESEARCH funding
SEX distribution
TIME series analysis
TRAFFIC accidents
MATHEMATICAL variables
GOVERNMENT policy
RELATIVE medical risk
SEVERITY of illness index
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0143005X
- Volume :
- 65
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 61751564
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2009.094029