Road traffic crashes with fatal and non-fatal injuries in Arkhangelsk, Russia in 2005-2010

Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot. 2013;20(4):349-57. doi: 10.1080/17457300.2012.745576. Epub 2012 Dec 7.

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Traffic / mortality
  • Accidents, Traffic / trends*
  • Bicycling / injuries
  • Bicycling / trends
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Motorcycles / statistics & numerical data
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Russia / epidemiology
  • Walking / injuries
  • Walking / trends*
  • Wounds and Injuries / epidemiology*
  • Wounds and Injuries / mortality