Analyses of Road Traffic Vehicle Crashes, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2007 - 2012 Público

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has a high number of road traffic vehicle crashes (RTVCs), with significant morbidity and mortality. Since the early 1990s, the mortality rates of RTVCs have increased significantly and now account for 4.7% of all mortality in KSA. Because these events are preventable, there is a need to study the epidemiology of RTVCs. Using existing Ministry of Interior (MoI) (i.e., police) data, we studied the trends of RTVCs and the resulting injuries and fatalities from 2007 - 2012.

METHODS: The yearly, aggregated RTVC data for the 13 administrative regions of KSA, collected and recorded by the MoI, were analyzed over time using Microsoft Excelâ„¢. Population data were obtained from the Ministry of Economy and Planning, Central Department of Statistics and Information.

RESULTS: There were 2.77 million RTVCs between 2007 and 2012. We observed an upward trend over this time period in the incidence rate (IR) of RTVCs (24.63 to 39.47 per 1000 vehicles) and fatality rates (0.24 to 0.26 per 1000 population) and a downward trend in RTVC-related injuries (1.48 to 1.41 per 1000 population). The IR of RTVCs occurring in the morning increased from 14.2 (per 1,000 vehicles) in 2007 to 25.4 in 2012. At night the IR increased from 10.4 in 2007 to 14.1 in 2012. Saudi citizens had a lower IR (25.5 to 26 per 1,000 population) in comparison to non-Saudis (51.8 to 45.5 per 1000 population). Makkah region had the greatest cumulative number of RTVC-related injuries and fatalities during this time period (71,776 injuries, and 9,939 fatalities). The highest IRs for injuries (9.9) and fatalities (1.6) were observed in the Northern Border region in 2007, while the lowest injury and fatality IRs were observed in Riyadh region.

CONCLUSION: We observed an increasing trend in the IRs for both RTVCs and fatalities from 2007 - 2012. The creation of appropriate policies and regulations to enforce existing traffic regulations, the development of an interagency, standardized RTVC data collection system, and the initiatation of a public health education program, using social networks should be planned and undertaken.

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Overview................................................................................ 1

1.2 RTVCs in Saudi Arabia. ............................................................. 2

1.2.1 Causes of RTVCs.................................................................. 3

1.3 Magnitude of RTVCs................................................................. 3

1.3.1 Health Consequences............................................................. 3

1.3.2 Economic Conseequences...................................................... 4

1.4 Aims and Objectives................................................................ 5

1.5 Research Question................................................................... 5

1.6 Significance of the Study.......................................................... 5

CHAPTER TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Overview............................................................................... 7

2.2 The RTVC Problem Globally ..................................................... 7

2.3 The RTVC Problem in the Arabian Gulf Region (GCC)................... 9

2.4 The RTVC Problem in Saudi Arabia........................................... 10

CHAPTER THREE

MANUSCRIPT

3.1 Introduction........................................................................... 1 2

3.2 Method.................................................................................. 1 4

3.2.1 Study Population and Data Source.......................................... 1 4

3.2.2 Statistical Analyses............................................................... 1 5

3.2.3 Ethics................................................................................. 1 5

3.3 Results...................................................................................15

3.4 Disscusion.............................................................................. 23

CHAPTER FOUR

CONCLUSION

4.1 Introduction........................................................................... 26

4.2 Recomandation....................................................................... 27

REFERENCES.................................................................................29

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School	Rollins School of Public Health
Department	Hubert Department of Global Health
Degree	MPH
Submission	Master's Thesis
Language	English
Research Field	Health Sciences, Public Health
Palavra-chave	Road Traffic Vehicle Crashes fatalities Kingdom of Saudi Arabia injuries
Committee Chair / Thesis Advisor	McNabb, Scott JN, Emory University
Partnering Agencies	Does not apply (no collaborating organization)

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