(2014). Road Traffic Accidents in Ghana : A Public Health Concern , and a Call for Action in Ghana , ( and the Sub-Region ), (November), 822-828.Coleman A. Road traffic accidents in Ghana: a public health concern, and a call for action in Ghana, and the Sub-Region. Open J....
This paper highlights the increasing problem of road traffic accident (RTA) related morbidity and mortality in Ghana, and the public health measures needed to control the problem. Descriptive data in the public domain from statutory bodies and media houses reports on country RTA information, as well...
Introduction: An estimated 1.2 million people are killed in road traffic accidents each year, and as many as 50 million are injured, occupying 30 percent to 70 percent of orthopedic beds in developing countries hospitals. But there is limited information on the burden of RTA in Douala.Aim: The...
Why Africa cannot prosecute (or even educate) its way out of road accidents: insights from GhanaThe paper sheds light on the problem of the growing embracement of penal populism (fines and prison sentences) as a measure for dealing with road trauma in Africa through a case study of Ghana. ...
Road accidents are common in India, often due to drunk driving or poorly maintained roads. More than 140,000 people die in road accidents in India every year, according to official statistics.
Unmanaged traffic often leads to a higher number of road accidents, which results in serious injuries and fatalities. WHO statistics claim that every year, over 1.35 million people die in road accidents, while approximately 20 million to 50 million people suffer from non-fatal injuries. Road ...
2004). In Ghana, statistics from the National Road Safety Commission show that the country loses over $165million of the Country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to road accidents (Kudebong et al. 2011). Despite the emerging evidence, there is lack of empirical data to actually characterize ...
Baseline requirements for lane sensing to avoid run-off-road accidents. Final report Over a third of U.S. highway fatalities occur in single vehicle roadway departure accidents. Several research activities are described that address the des... AG Ulsoy,H Peng,RD Ervin - 《Driver Rehabilitation...
(2014). Road Traffic Accidents in Ghana : A Public Health Concern , and a Call for Action in Ghana , ( and the Sub-Region ), (November), 822-828.Coleman A. Road traffic accidents in Ghana: a public health concern, and a call for action in Ghana, and the Sub-Region. Open J....
Road traffic accidents (RTA) in developing countries such as Ghana have been identified as one of the major causes of death. It has been classified as the second major cause of death apart from malaria and hence urgent attention is needed to curb this menace. This study was carried out to...