Abstract

LEITAO, Francisco Naildo Cardoso et al. Factors associated with incidence and mortality by road accidents involving motorcyclists and pedestrians: a rapid systematic review. J. Hum. Growth Dev. [online]. 2022, vol.32, n.1, pp. 72-82. ISSN 0104-1282.  http://dx.doi.org/10.36311/jhgd.v32.12614.

INTRODUCTION: traffic accidents are the third leading cause of death in the world. Vulnerable road users do not benefit from a high level of protection. As such, they face devastating consequences when involved in accidentsOBJECTIVE: to analyze the incidence and mortality, and associated factors in traffic accidents among motorcyclists and pedestriansMETHODS: rapid Systematic review of articles from the National Library of Medicine (PubMed), Virtual Health Library (VHL), and Web of Science databases using the descriptors Mortality, Accidents, traffic, Motorcyclists and Pedestrians. Inclusion criteria were: (1) studies involving pedestrians and motorcyclists; (2) the object of study is traffic accidents; (3) articles that studied mortality; and (4) articles published in the last ten years (2010-2019RESULTS: of the 206 articles found, 19 met the inclusion criteria. Factors such as increased sales of motorcycles, darkness on the roads, older pedestrians, lack of safety equipment for motorcyclists, and drug and alcohol intake contribute to the increase of the mortality rate of these individualsCONCLUSION: mortality due to traffic accidents involving pedestrians and motorcyclists has increased during the analyzed period, especially among men

Keywords : mortality; accidents; traffic; motorcycles; pedestrians.

        · abstract in Portuguese     · text in English | Portuguese     · English ( pdf ) | Portuguese ( pdf )