Motorcycle Accidents and factors associated with driver’s licence Status
Introduction: land transport accidents represent an important cause of morbidity and mortality, and motorcycles are the vehicles most involved in the occurrences. In this sense, the driver and his preparation to drive the vehicle by means of qualification gain relevance. Objective:...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto (FAMERP) |
| Repositorio: | Archives of Health Sciences (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs2.ahs.famerp.br:article/114 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://ahs.famerp.br/index.php/ahs/article/view/114 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Condução de Veículo; Prevalência; Acidentes de Trânsito Automobile Driving; Prevalence; Accidents; Traffic |
| Resumo: | Introduction: land transport accidents represent an important cause of morbidity and mortality, and motorcycles are the vehicles most involved in the occurrences. In this sense, the driver and his preparation to drive the vehicle by means of qualification gain relevance. Objective: To verify the prevalence of accidents in motorcycle drivers and the factors associated with the driving condition. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach, with a sample composed of 281 non-probabilistically selected patients in a university hospital in the Pernambuco backwoods, from December 2015 to February 2016. Data were collected through the application of a face to face questionnaire. Variables related to the victims and the accident were used. Results: Most patients were men (91.5%), with a mean age of 34.7 years. They were married or were in consensual marriage (50.2%) and with children (68.7%). Most accidents occurred in the night shift (41.3%). Motorcycles had a cylinder capacity of 125 cc or above (88.1%), and the drivers owned 79.0% of the motorcycles. Drivers who did not have a Driver’s License were 58.7%, and they also have a low level of schooling (74.8%). The main cause of accidents was falls (48.7%) with the event occurring in the countryside (68.9%). Collisions were responsible for 64.6% of the accidents and 57.7% of them occurred in urban areas. Conclusion: We conclude that motorcycle accidents have a high prevalence in young and unskilled adult men. Considering that accidents involving motorcycles are highly prevalent in young, unskilled men, with significant difference for low education, monthly income less than one minimum wage, the occurrence rural zone. In both groups, the vehicles used were motorcycles of 125 cc or more, the drivers being the owners of the transport. |
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