Citation

Int. J. Inj. Control Safe. Promot. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/17457300.2019.1670914

PMID

31609160

Abstract

Motor vehicle traffic crashes remain the leading cause of death in the world, despite tremendous advances in injury prevention and control. According to the World Health Organization, approximately 1.35 million people die each year as a result of motor vehicle traffic crashes, accounting for about 3% of the gross domestic products of countries. Amazingly, over half of all motor vehicle traffic crash deaths involve vulnerable road users including pedestrians, drivers, occupants, cyclists, and motorcyclists (https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/road-traffic-injuries). In addition to the demographic characteristics of age, gender, and socioeconomic status, many other risk factors related to the environments and the vehicles as well as the behaviours of pedestrians, drivers, occupants, cyclists, and motorcyclists have been implicated as contributing to this carnage on our roads. Several articles in the current issue of the Journal focus on motor vehicle traffic crashes, stressing on strategies and approaches aimed at reducing the human toll from motor vehicle traffic crashes (Arafa, El-Setouhy, & Hirshon, 2019 Arafa, A., El-Setouhy, M., & Hirshon, J. M. (2019). Driver behavior and road traffic crashes among professional and non-professional drivers in South Egypt. International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, 1. doi:10.1080/17457300.2019.1638419[Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]; Bakhtiyari et al., 2019 Bakhtiyari, M., Mehmandar, M. R., Khezeli, M., Latifi, A., Jouybari, T. A., & Mansournia, M. A. (2019). Estimating the avoidable burden and population attributable fraction of human risk factors of road traffic injuries in Iran: Application of penalization, bias reduction and spars data analysis. International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, 1. doi:10.1080/17457300.2019.1660374[Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]; Fletcher, McDowell, Thompson, & James, 2019 Fletcher, C., McDowell, D., Thompson, C., & James, K. (2019). Helmet use among motorcycle accident victims in the north-east region of Jamaica. International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, 1. doi:10.1080/17457300.2019.1653931[Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]; Zabihi, Davoodi, & Nordfjaern, 2019 Zabihi, F., Davoodi, S. R., & Nordfjærn, T. (2019). The role of perceived risk, reasons for non-seat belt use, and demographic characteristics for seat belt use on urban and rural roads. International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, 1. doi:10.1080/17457300.2019.1660377[Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar])...

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