Lumbini Medical College, Palpa 32500, Nepal.
Mangalbare Hospital, Morang-56600, Nepal.
J Nepal Health Res Counc. 2021 Sep 6;19(2):343-348. doi: 10.33314/jnhrc.v19i2.3432.
Road traffic accidents are the leading cause of deaths worldwide among children and young adults aged between 5 to 29 years. The risk of road traffic accident-related death is higher in low-income countries. Thus, we aim to evaluate the epidemiology of road traffic accidents in Nepal during the fiscal years from 2009/10 to 2019/20.
This study is a secondary data analysis of the published police records publicly available on the official webpage of Nepal Police. A study was carried out after written permission from Nepal Police. The data obtained were analysed using Microsoft Excel-13.
Analysing available data about reported road traffic accidents events showed an increasing trend in road traffic accidents from the fiscal years 2011/12 till 2019/20, with a steeper increase in the number of road traffic accidents in fiscal years 2017/18 and 2019/20. In fiscal years 2009/10, 11,747 vehicles collided; which rose to 25,788 in the fiscal years 2019/20. More cases of road traffic accidents were reported to occur from 12 noon-6 pm in a day. Among reported road traffic accidents commonest predispositions behind road traffic accidents was the negligence of driver followed by over speed. Among those individuals who died due to road traffic accidents, most of them were male.
We found an increasing trend of road traffic accidents, vehicle collisions, and injuries in Nepal over the past ten years especially among two-wheelers and four-wheelers like the car, bus, and autorickshaw.
道路交通伤害是全球 5 至 29 岁儿童和青年人群的主要死亡原因。在低收入国家，道路交通伤害相关死亡的风险更高。因此，我们旨在评估尼泊尔在 2009/10 财年至 2019/20 财年期间道路交通伤害的流行病学情况。
本研究是对尼泊尔警方官方网页上公布的已发表的警方记录进行的二次数据分析。在获得尼泊尔警方的书面许可后进行了这项研究。使用 Microsoft Excel-13 对获得的数据进行分析。
分析报告的道路交通伤害事件的现有数据表明，从 2011/12 财年到 2019/20 财年，道路交通伤害呈上升趋势，2017/18 财年和 2019/20 财年道路交通伤害数量的增加更为明显。在 2009/10 财年，有 11747 辆车发生碰撞；而在 2019/20 财年上升至 25788 辆。一天中报告的交通事故更多发生在中午 12 点至下午 6 点之间。在报告的道路交通伤害中，最常见的原因是驾驶员疏忽大意，其次是超速行驶。在因道路交通伤害而死亡的人中，大多数是男性。
我们发现，在过去十年中，尼泊尔的道路交通伤害、车辆碰撞和受伤呈上升趋势，尤其是两轮车和四轮车，如汽车、公共汽车和人力车。
