Citation

Bastos YG, de Andrade SM, Soares DA. Cad. Saude Publica 2005; 21(3): 815-822.

Vernacular Title

Caracteristicas dos acidentes de transito e das vitimas atendidas em servico

Affiliation

Centro de Ciencias da Saude, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Brasil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Escola Nacional De Saude Publica)

DOI

/S0102-311X2005000300015

PMID

15868039

Abstract

Traffic accidents and the resulting injury and trauma constitute an important social and public health problem. The objective of this study was to analyze the characteristics of such accidents and the victims treated by the only pre-hospital service - the Integrated Trauma and Emergency Aid Service (SIATE) - in the city of Londrina, Parana State, southern Brazil, from 1997 to 2000. All victims (14,474) registered in the SIATE database were studied. The majority (> 70.0%) were male and aged 10 to 39 years. Motorcyclists were the most frequent victims (> 40.0%), and accidents occurred most frequently in December, on weekends (especially Saturdays), and at night. These results are consistent with those of other studies showing the need to implement preventive measures targeting young males, especially motorcyclists.