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  • Review Article   
  • J Community Med Health Educ 2018, Vol 8(2): 601
  • DOI: 10.4172/2161-0711.1000601

An Analysis of Road Traffic Injuries in India from 2013 to 2016: A Review Article

Elango S1, Ramya AB2, Renita A2, Ramana M2, Revathy S2 and Rajajeyakumar M3*
1Department of Community Medicine, MGR Medical University, India
2Department of Community Medicine, MGR Medical University, India
3Department of Physiology, Chennai Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, MGR Medical University, India
*Corresponding Author : Dr. Rajajeyakumar M, Department of Physiology, Chennai Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre (SRM Group) Irungalur, Trichy, Tamil Nadu-621105, India, Tel: +919751382650, Email: rajakumar60@gmail.com

Received Date: Feb 27, 2018 / Accepted Date: Mar 21, 2018 / Published Date: Mar 23, 2018

Abstract

Background: Accidents are killing more people in India than terrorism or natural disasters. Risk factors can be grouped as human and environmental causes. Better road safety plans for execution since morbidity mortality disability and economic impact of road traffic accidents.
Aims and Objectives: To analyze the available data on RTA and find out the epidemiological factors, morbidity and mortality pattern from 2013-2016 and to assess the possibility of achievement of Brasilia declaration in India by 2020.
Materials and Methods: A retrospective study was done from the time period 2013 to 2016. Among the 50 studies, 23 articles were included for this study after meeting this inclusion criteria.
Results and Discussions: From the data, Number of person killed in RTA has increased by 3.2% from 2013-16, Economically productive age group is the most vulnerable group (3.5% increase from 2014-16) of which more than 2/3rd are males are subjected to RTA, which indirectly reflect on families and countries economical standards, 13 states has accounted for 86% of total road accidents in the country, Tamilnadu holds the record for highest in 2013-16.
Conclusion: With the data that has been compiled from the year 2013-16, distribution of road accident with respect to age, gender, month, time, geography, epidemiological factors, morbidity and mortality pattern due to RTAs in India has been charted out, and analysis has been if we can achieve the goal of Brasilia Declaration.

Keywords: Brasilia declaration; Mortality; Morbidity; Road traffic injuries; Road safety

Citation: Elango S, Ramya AB, Renita A, Ramana M, Revathy S, et al. (2018) An Analysis of Road Traffic Injuries in India from 2013 to 2016: A Review Article. J Community Med Health Educ 8:601. Doi: 10.4172/2161-0711.1000601

Copyright: © 2018 Elango S, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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