@article{ref1,
title="Factors associated with urban non-fatal road-accident severity",
journal="International journal of injury control and safety promotion",
year="2018",
author="Potoglou, Dimitris and Carlucci, Fabio and Cirà, Andrea and Restaino, Marialuisa",
volume="25",
number="3",
pages="303-310",
abstract="This paper reports on the factors associated with non-fatal urban-road accident severity. Data on accidents were gathered from the local traffic police in the City of Palermo, one of the six most populated cities in Italy. <br><br>FINDINGS from a mixed-effects logistic-regression model suggest that accident severity increases when two young drivers are involved, road traffic conditions are light/normal and when vehicles crash on a two-way road or carriageway. Speeding is more likely to cause slight or serious injury even when compared to a vehicle moving towards the opposite direction of traffic. An accident during the summer is more likely to result in a slight or serious injury than an accident during the winter, which is in line with evidence from Southern Europe and the Middle East. Finally, the severity of non-fatal accident injuries in an urban area of Southern Europe was significantly associated with speeding, the age of the driver and seasonality.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1745-7300",
doi="10.1080/17457300.2018.1431945",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17457300.2018.1431945"
}