Perfil dos acidentes motociclísticos atendidos em hospital da região sul de são paulo
International Journal of Development Research
Perfil dos acidentes motociclísticos atendidos em hospital da região sul de são paulo
Article History: Received 17th October, 2020, Received in revised form 29th November, 2020, Accepted 01st December, 2020, Published online 30th January, 2021.
Copyright © 2021, Joelma Mota de Souza Conceição et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Objective: To identify the main causes of motorcycle accidents in the Southern Region of São Paulo. Methods: An observational and cross-sectional study, conducted from May to August 2017, applying a questionnaire to 115 motorcyclists and simultaneously analyzing the results with data from the Traffic Engineering Company. Results: In this study, 93.9% of the victims were men, of these 47% were between 20-29 years old, 91.3% wore a helmet, 76.5% were accompanied and 52.2% were in motorway lanes. It has been identified alcohol consumption by 18.3%, increased speed by 17.4%, and 14.8% of patients interviewed declared to have slept behind the wheel. The total of 13% patients assumed themselves to be the cause of accident and 3.5% of reckless driving. Car crashes at 64.3%, with 13.9% of accidents occurring at the early hours of Sunday, with lower limb fractures in 68.7% of patients and 63.5% on the right side. Conclusion: We concluded that driving a motorcycle accompanied and also while in the motorway lane are important risk factors for an accident to occur.
