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Road traffic collisions in Bursa, Turkey, during 2003, 2004 and 2005

dc.contributor.authorDurak, Dilek
dc.contributor.authorFedakar, Recep
dc.contributor.authorTürkmen, Nursel
dc.contributor.authorAkgöz, Semra
dc.contributor.authorBaduroğlu, Erol
dc.contributor.buuauthorDURAK, DİLEK
dc.contributor.buuauthorFEDAKAR, RECEP
dc.contributor.buuauthorTÜRKMEN İNANIR, NURSEL
dc.contributor.buuauthorAkgöz, Semra
dc.contributor.buuauthorBaduroğlu, Erol
dc.contributor.departmentUludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Adli Tıp Anabilim Dalı.
dc.contributor.departmentUludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Biyoistatistik Anabilim Dalı.
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0003-3469-340X
dc.contributor.researcheridAAH-6587-2021
dc.contributor.researcheridAAH-6287-2021
dc.contributor.researcheridACP-5545-2022
dc.contributor.researcheridJGZ-0807-2023
dc.contributor.researcheridENO-6380-2022
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-06T13:29:38Z
dc.date.available2024-11-06T13:29:38Z
dc.date.issued2008-05-01
dc.description.abstractAim: To highlight the demographic pattern of road traffic injuries in Bursa and to improve emergency care and health facility-based treatment.Methods: Records of all registered road traffic collisions maintained by the Uludag University Emergency Department in Bursa for the period 2003 to 2005 and trauma files of 1307 road traffic collision victims were examined in this study. A form was designed to document patients' age, gender, type of trauma, time of trauma (hour, day, month and year), type and time to hospital of transport, presence of safety devices, presence of alcohol and blood alcohol concentration, localisations of wounds, trauma scores and outcomes.Results: Of the 1307 cases, 418 (32%) were female and 889 (68%) were mate. Ages ranged from 3 months to 87 years; mean age (+/-S.D.) was 34.8 (+/-17.3) years. The mean (+/-S.D.) ages of women and men were 35 +/- 17.6 and 34.7 +/- 17.2 years, respectively. Trauma was most commonly sustained within the motor vehicle (72.2%), followed by pedestrian injuries (21.7%), motorcycle injuries (5.5%) and bicycle injuries (0.6%). Collisions were most frequent in summer (34.7%) and on Fridays and weekends (48.5%). Seat belts were used in only 1.8% of incidents. In 90 cases (6.9%) alcohol was found in the blood; mean blood alcohol concentration was 139.2 +/- 88.3 mg/dl.Conclusions: The identification of RTC characteristics may contribute to the development of injury prevention measures. Road travel requires extra attentiveness at peak accident times. Seat-belt use should increase, as well as use of other safety equipment such as collision helmets. Shorter transportation time of casualties to hospital would improve outcome. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.injury.2007.07.013
dc.identifier.endpage553
dc.identifier.issn0020-1383
dc.identifier.issue5
dc.identifier.startpage547
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2007.07.013
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020138307002999?via%3Dihub
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11452/47511
dc.identifier.volume39
dc.identifier.wos000255698300008
dc.indexed.wosWOS.SCI
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier Sci Ltd
dc.relation.journalInjury-International Journal of The Care of The Injured
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectInjuries
dc.subjectRoad traffic collision
dc.subjectInjury
dc.subjectGeneral & internal medicine
dc.subjectEmergency medicine
dc.subjectOrthopedics
dc.subjectSurgery
dc.titleRoad traffic collisions in Bursa, Turkey, during 2003, 2004 and 2005
dc.typeArticle
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