Risk factors for road traffic accidents severity in the province of Milan, Italy

Orsi, Chiara and Marchetti, Pierpaolo and Marinoni, Alessandra and Morandi, Anna (2009) Risk factors for road traffic accidents severity in the province of Milan, Italy. Biomedical statistics and clinical epidemiology, 3 (3). pp. 141-152. ISSN 1973-2430

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Abstract

To identify the major risk factors for the severity of road accidents in the province of Milan the police reports of more than 120 thousand accidents occurred in 2004 and 2005 were analysed. Logistic model to evaluate the different risk factors was performed. The risk of being injured or of dying rather than of being unhurt was higher for riders of two-wheeled vehicles (bicycles, motorcycles and mopeds) than for car drivers (OR of being injured 35.42, 34.96 and 26.97 respectively; OR of dying 133.32, 72.79 and 26.18 respectively). Women have a higher risk of being injured (OR: 1.98) but a lower risk of dying (OR: 0.64). Accidents which occurred during the night and during the weekend are more serious. The most dangerous accidents are the single-vehicle ones (OR of injuries with respect to head-on or side accidents: 1.88; OR of death: 1.85). Accidents on extra-urban roads and accidents on a wet or slippery surface are more associated with the risk of sustaining injuries (OR: 1.07 and OR: 1.20 respectively). The risk of being killed when involved in a road accident is higher for older drivers (>=65 years) compared with people younger than 30 years of age (OR: 2.84) and on extra-urban road and on motorway (OR with respect to accident in the urban area: 5.17 and 2.05 respectively).

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	accident, injury, mortality, prevention, risk factor, road safety
Subjects:	600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 610.7 Medicina - Educazione e Insegnamento; Medicina - Ricerca > 610.72 Statistica medica 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 614 Medicina legale; incidenza delle malattie; Medicina preventiva pubblica
Depositing User:	Emanuele Zinevrakis
Date Deposited:	07 Nov 2011 17:52
Last Modified:	07 Nov 2011 17:52
URI:	http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/3509

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