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Citation

Hoe C, Puvanachandra P, Rahman MH, Sayed HE, Eldawy S, El-Dabaa A, Albert M, Hyder AA. Injury 2013; 44(Suppl 4): S45-S48.

Affiliation

Johns Hopkins University International Injury Research Unit, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/S0020-1383(13)70212-2

PMID

24377779

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Road traffic injuries pose a significant threat to the Egyptian population. Recent estimates revealed that Egypt experiences 42 road traffic deaths per 100,000 population (1.8% of all deaths in the country), which is the highest death rate in the region. More than half of the road traffic crashes that resulted in injuries occurred on the country's highways. Despite the significance of this public health problem, very little risk factor information currently exists. The overall goal of this paper is to understand the burden of speeding and the level of seatbelt and child restraint use on a highway (Cairo Ring Road) and two urban roads crossing Alexandria city (Kornish and Gamal Abd-Elnaser roads).

METHODS: Two rounds of seatbelt and child restraint observational studies and one round of speed observational study were carried out between 2011 and 2012.

RESULTS: Findings revealed that seatbelt use among drivers and front seat passengers were low for all three sites (range: 11.1% to 19.8% for drivers; 2.9% to 4.0% for front seat passengers). Similarly, child restraint use in cars with children was very low ranging from 1.1% to 3.9% on all three roads. All three roads experienced a high percentage of vehicles driving above the speed limit (39.4% on Kornish Road, 22.6% on Cairo Ring Road, 11.8% on Gamal Abd Elnaser Road), with the majority of these vehicles driving 1 to 10 kilometer above the speed limit.

CONCLUSION: Future interventions need to focus on enhancing enforcement of speed and seatbelt wearing, closing gaps in legislation, and standardizing existing data systems to help inform good road safety policies.


Language: en

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