Department of Emergency and Critical care, Tirunesh Beijing General Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Department of Medicine, College of health sciences, Ethiopia police University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
BMC Emerg Med. 2023 Feb 20;23(1):19. doi: 10.1186/s12873-023-00791-0.
Road traffic accidents are a major cause of fatal and nonfatal injuries, causing permanent disabilities, and other indirect health complications. Each year, road traffic accidents (RTA) cause a lot of fatalities and injuries in Ethiopia, putting the country among the list of the most affected countries by RTA in the world. Despite the high rates of road traffic collisions in Ethiopia, very little is known about the factors that contribute to fatal RTA in the country.
the objective of this study is to assess the epidemiological characteristics of deaths from road traffic accidents in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A study based on traffic police records (2018-2020).
A retrospective observational study design was conducted used in this study. All road traffic accident victims reported to Addis Ababa police station between 2018 and 2020 were study population and the collected data was evaluated with Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 26 software. Binary logistic regression model was used to indicate the association between dependent and independent variables. Statistically, significant associations were declared at P < 0.05.
There were 8458 recorded road traffic accidents in Addis Ababa during 2018-2020. Among these accidents, 1274 (15.1%) caused death while 7184 (84.1%) caused an injury. Males accounted for 77.1% of the decedents (sex ratio of almost 3.36:1). The majority 1020 (80%) of the fatality occurred on a straight road and 1106 (86.8%) of the fatality occurred in dry weather. Weekday 1.243 (AOR, 1.234, 95 CI, 1.071-1.443), driver educational status below grade twelve 0.326(AOR 0.326, CI, 0.285-0.374), and commercial truck vehicle 1.682 (OR, 1.696, CI, 1.410-2.040) were statistically associated with fatality after adjusting for potential confounding variables.
The prevalence of RTA fatality in Addis Ababa is high. The accidents that occurred during the weekdays were more fatal. Driver's educational status, weekdays, and vehicle type were factors associated with mortality. There is a need to introduce road safety interventions that targeted identified factors in this study to reduce fatalities attributed to RTIs.
道路交通伤害是导致致命和非致命伤害、造成永久性残疾和其他间接健康并发症的主要原因。每年，埃塞俄比亚都会发生大量道路交通伤害事故，导致大量人员伤亡，使该国成为世界上受道路交通伤害影响最严重的国家之一。尽管埃塞俄比亚的道路交通碰撞率很高，但对于导致该国致命道路交通伤害的因素知之甚少。
本研究旨在评估亚的斯亚贝巴道路交通伤害死亡的流行病学特征：基于交通警察记录的研究（2018-2020 年）。
本研究采用回顾性观察研究设计。2018 年至 2020 年期间，向亚的斯亚贝巴警察局报告的所有道路交通伤害事故受害者均为研究人群，并使用社会科学统计软件包（SPSS）版本 26 软件对收集的数据进行评估。采用二元逻辑回归模型表明因变量和自变量之间的关联。统计学上，显著性关联定义为 P<0.05。
2018-2020 年期间，亚的斯亚贝巴共记录了 8458 起道路交通事故。在这些事故中，有 1274 人（15.1%）死亡，7184 人（84.1%）受伤。男性占死者的 77.1%（性别比几乎为 3.36:1）。大多数 1020 人（80%）的死亡发生在直路上，1106 人（86.8%）的死亡发生在干燥天气。工作日 1.243（AOR，1.234，95 CI，1.071-1.443）、驾驶员教育程度低于十二年级 0.326（AOR 0.326，CI，0.285-0.374）和商业卡车车辆 1.682（OR，1.696，CI，1.410-2.040）在调整潜在混杂因素后与死亡相关。
亚的斯亚贝巴道路交通伤害死亡率较高。发生在工作日的事故更致命。驾驶员的教育程度、工作日和车辆类型是与死亡率相关的因素。有必要引入针对本研究中确定的因素的道路安全干预措施，以减少归因于道路交通伤害的死亡人数。
