%0 Journal Article
%T Tend¨ºncia dos acidentes de transito em Campinas, S£¿o Paulo, Brasil: importancia crescente dos motociclistas
%A Mar¨ªn-Le¨®n
%A Leticia
%A Belon
%A Ana Paula
%A Barros
%A Marilisa Berti de Azevedo
%A Almeida
%A Solange Duarte de Mattos
%A Restitutti
%A Maria Cristina
%J Cadernos de Sa¨²de P¨²blica
%D 2012
%I Escola Nacional de Sa¨²de P¨²blica, Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz
%R 10.1590/S0102-311X2012000100005
%X in order to describe trends in traffic accidents, mortality, vehicle types, fleet sizes, and victims' characteristics in campinas, s£¿o paulo state, brazil, from 1995 to 2008, this study analyzed vehicle rates, traffic accident rates per inhabitant and per vehicle, case-fatality rates, proportional mortality, mortality rates, and rates ratios. the motorcycle fleet increased 241%. although the case-fatality rate of motorcycle users from 2000 to 2008 decreased, in 2008 they accounted for 49.3% of fatal accidents on public byways in campinas. motorcycles were responsible for the highest run-over rate (66.7 pedestrians/1,000 accidents) and highest pedestrian fatality rate (4 deaths/1,000 accidents). men showed much higher mortality rates than women. pedestrian victims were mainly elderly; most vehicle occupants in traffic accidents were in the 15 to 29-year age bracket. from 2006 to 2008, nearly 80% of vehicle users 15 to 39 years of age were motorcyclists. motorcycle accident prevention should be a priority, using multi-institutional measures.
%K traffic accidents
%K motorcycles
%K mortality.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0102-311X2012000100005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en