Citation

Pal R, Ghosh A, Kumar R, Galwankar S, Paul SK, Pal S, Sinha D, Jaiswal AK, Moscote-Salazar LR, Agrawal A. J. Family Med. Prim. Care 2019; 8(3): 775-783.

Affiliation

Department of Neurosurgery, Narayana Medical College Hospital, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Medknow Publications)

DOI

10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_214_18

PMID

31041200

PMCID

PMC6482791

Abstract

Roads are considered a sign of development bringing colossal benefits to community as socioeconomic and logistic facilitator. Yet, growth of road network has brought road crashes leading to civic pain from premature deaths of productive age group. In 2017, 16 citizens were killed and 53 injured every hour on Indian roads as per officially reported data, while a fair number go unreported. This is unacceptably high when compared with international standards. Risk correlates of road traffic injuries (RTIs) need to be redefined so as to form a continuum with other confounding factors that impact to take lives on road. Risk factors impacting RTIs vary from human components to the roles and responsibilities of healthcare stakeholders. We should have made roads safer for all citizens because a large percentage of population - children, pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, and the elderly - are most vulnerable. A taskforce was set up by the Academy of Family Physicians of India to scientifically analyze the literature available to assess risks and put forward appropriate recommendations.

Language: en

Keywords

Public health; road safety; road traffic injury; traumatic brain injury; vehicle