The Current Situation of Road Traffic Trauma and Its Countermeasures
- VernacularTitle:道路交通事故伤的现状和对策
- Author:
Zhengguo WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Traffic trauma Countermeasure
- From:
Chinese Journal of Trauma
1991;0(02):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Injuries in traffic accidents have come to "the first public hazard in the world". About 350 thousand people died of traffic accidents each year. Although lots of measures have been adopted to prevent traffic accidents, the situation has improved insignificantly. So far as in China, there are around 13 million motor vehicles (MV), accounting for 1.6% of total MV in the world. However, about 50. 000 people died of MV accidents (MVA) each year, accounting for 14.3% of total deaths of MVA in the world. The number of death per 10, 000 MV in China varied from 40 to 50 people each year, being significantly more than those in western countries. Recently, the number of deaths per 10, 000 MV per year has gradually reduced, while the total number of MVA, deaths, and the injured by traffic accidents remains unchanged. The reasons for this are analysed in detail and some countermeasures are put forward in the paper.
