Citation

Kudryavtsev AV, Nilssen O, Lund J, Grjibovski AM, Ytterstad B. Int. J. Inj. Control Safe. Promot. 2013; 20(4): 349-357.

Affiliation

Department of Community Medicine , University of Tromsø , Tromsø , Norway.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/17457300.2012.745576

PMID

23216194

Abstract

The study investigated trends in traffic crashes with fatal and non-fatal injuries in Arkhangelsk, Russia in 2005-2010. Data were obtained from the road police. Negative binomial regression with time regressor was used to investigate trends in monthly incidence rates (IRs) of crashes, fatalities, and non-fatal injuries. During the six-year period, the police registered 4955 crashes with fatal and non-fatal injuries, which resulted in 217 fatalities and 5964 non-fatal injury cases. The IR of crashes with fatal and non-fatal injuries per total population showed no evident change, while the IR per increasing total number of motor vehicles decreased on average by 0.6% per month. Pedestrian crashes constituted 51.8% of studied crashes, and pedestrians constituted 54.6% of fatalities and 44.5% of non-fatal injuries. The IRs of pedestrian crashes and non-fatal pedestrian injuries per total population decreased on average by 0.3% per month, and these were the major trends in the data.

Language: en