Luby S, Hassan I, Jahangir N, Rizvi N, Farooqi M, Ubaid S, Sadruddin S
Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 1997 Jun;28(2):395-8.
Road traffic accidents result in substantial injury and death in Karachi. We reviewed the patient logs of the two largest government hospitals in Karachi between December 1993 and February 1994 to identify those persons most likely to be injured in a road traffic accident and to identify the vehicle types which were most likely to be involved. 86% of 727 road injury victims were male. Their mean age was 31 years. One hundred of thirty-one (18%) died. Pedestrians and motorcyclists were the most common victims accounting for 46% all injuries and 51% of deaths. Although buses and trucks were less than 4% of the registered vehicles in Karachi they were the striking vehicle among 49% of all injuries and 65% of the deaths. Road traffic accidents disproportionately affect wage earners. Specific interventions to improve the road safety of trucks and buses are needed.
在卡拉奇，道路交通事故导致了大量人员伤亡。我们查阅了1993年12月至1994年2月间卡拉奇两家最大政府医院的患者记录，以确定那些最有可能在道路交通事故中受伤的人群，并识别最有可能涉及的车辆类型。727名道路受伤受害者中86%为男性。他们的平均年龄为31岁。31人中有100人（18%）死亡。行人和骑摩托车者是最常见的受害者，占所有受伤人数的46%以及死亡人数的51%。尽管公交车和卡车在卡拉奇注册车辆中占比不到4%，但它们却是造成49%的所有受伤事故和65%的死亡事故中的肇事车辆。道路交通事故对工薪阶层的影响尤为严重。需要采取具体干预措施来提高卡车和公交车的道路安全性。
