بررسي عوامل دخيل در تصادفات جاده اي استان آذربايجان شرقي و ارايه راهكارهاي اجرايي مناسب

Association of a few interventions by police with changes in traffic injuries in Iran

Introduction: In this study we investigated the efficacy of provisional driver licensing and mandatory seat belt use legislations on reducing traffic injuries and the intensity of injuries (fatal or nonfatal). Materials and methods:Data on traffic accidents and injuries fromone year before till two years after the implementation of provisional driver licensing and mandatory seat belt use legislations were obtained from police. After data cleaning and stratification traffic injuries and mortalities from one year before till two year after the implementation of graduate driver licensing compared in those in early years of their driving expericnee. In addition, to evaluate the efficiency of mandatory scat belt use legislation the intensity of traffic injuries (proportion of deaths) were compared. Results: Drivers under 23 years of age consisted 22.8% of total accidents in the prior to the implementation of graduate driver licensing, This proportion reduced to 15.5% and 16.1% in the first and second year after implementation, respectively, in holders of provisional BI type driver license. This approximate ly 7% reduction in total accident was statistical significant (p