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| Year : 2017 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 101-106 |
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Effective environmental factors on geographical distribution of traffic accidents on pedestrians, downtown Tehran city
Ali Moradi1, Hamid Soori2, Amir Kavousi3, Farshid Eshghabadi4, Shahrzad Nematollahi5, Salahdien Zeini6
1 Asadabad Health and Treatment Network, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
2 Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3 School of Health, Safety and Environment, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4 Department of Human Geography/Urban Planning, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
5 Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
6 Crashes Office, Tehran's Traffic Police, Tehran, Iran
Correspondence Address:
Hamid Soori
Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran
Iran
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DOI: 10.4103/2229-5151.207750
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Introduction: In most countries, occurrence of traffic causalities is high in pedestrians. The aim of this study is to geographically analyze the traffic casualties in pedestrians in downtown Tehran city.
Methods: The study population consisted of traffic injury accidents in pedestrians occurred during 2015 in Tehran city. Data were extracted from offices of traffic police and municipality. For analysis of environmental factors and site of accidents, ordinary least square regression models and geographically weighted regression were used. Fitness and performance of models were checked using the Akaike information criteria, Bayesian information criteria, deviance, and adjusted R2.
Results: Totally, 514 accidents were included in this study. Of them, site of accidents was arterial streets in 370 (71.9%) cases, collector streets in 133 cases (25.2%), and highways in 11 cases (2.1%). Geographical units of traffic accidents in pedestrians had statistically significant relationship with a number of bus stations, number of crossroads, and recreational areas.
Conclusion: Distribution of injury traffic accidents in pedestrians is different in downtown Tehran city. Neighborhoods close to markets are considered as most dangerous neighborhoods for injury traffic accidents. Different environmental factors are involved in determining the distribution of these accidents. The health of pedestrians in Tehran city can be improved by proper traffic management, control of environmental factors, and educational programs. |
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