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Citation

Wang S. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 1993; 14(6): 327-330.

Affiliation

Department of Epidemiology, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Zhonghua yi xue hui)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8156576

Abstract

This report showed the general mortality of traffic accident and changes of its distribution from 1974 to 1990 in Guangzhou. The incidence rate per 10,000 registered vehicles, mortality and injury had been tending to fall during the interval. Since 1987, the average rate of decrease per year was 24.27%. The type of collision between automobiles was in the majority. The rate of deaths and injuries per accident involved bicycles or pedestrians was the highest. The percentage of crash between automobile and non-automobile, that between automobile and bicycle, and that between automobile and pedestrian tended to rise in recent years. The result of this study indicated that the administration of traffic safety in Guangzhou had gained marked success in the last few years. Traffic accident has become one of the grave problems of social safety and public health along with the increase of population and vehicles in modernized city.


Language: zh

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