Journal article
Road traffic injuries in Karachi : The disproportionate role of buses and trucks
Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health, Vol.28(2), pp.395-398
1997
PMID: 9444028
Abstract
Road traffic accidents result in substantial injury and death in Karachi. We reviewed the patient logs of the two largest government hospitals in Karachi between December 1993 and February 1994 to identify those persons most likely to be injured in a road traffic accident and to identify the vehicle types which were most likely to be involved. 86% of 727 road injury victims were male. Their mean age was 31 years. One hundred of thirty-one (18%) died. Pedestrians and motorcyclists were the most common victims accounting for 46% all injuries and 51% of deaths. Although buses and trucks were less than 4% of the registered vehicles in Karachi they were the striking vehicle among 49% of all injuries and 65% of the deaths. Road traffic accidents disproportionately affect wage earners. Specific interventions to improve the road safety of trucks and buses are needed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Road traffic injuries in Karachi : The disproportionate role of buses and trucks
- Creators
- S LUBY - Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, PO Box 3500, Stadium Road, Karachi, PakistanI HASSAN - Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, PO Box 3500, Stadium Road, Karachi, PakistanN JAHANGIR - Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, PO Box 3500, Stadium Road, Karachi, PakistanN RIZVI - Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, PO Box 3500, Stadium Road, Karachi, PakistanM FAROOQI - Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, PO Box 3500, Stadium Road, Karachi, PakistanS UBAID - Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, PO Box 3500, Stadium Road, Karachi, PakistanS SADRUDDIN - Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, PO Box 3500, Stadium Road, Karachi, Pakistan
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health, Vol.28(2), pp.395-398
- Publisher
- Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization, Regional Tropical Medicine and Public Health Network; Bangkok
- PMID
- 9444028
- ISSN
- 0125-1562
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1997
- Academic Unit
- Surgery
- Record Identifier
- 9984051879502771
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