Road traffic injuries in Thailand: Trends, selected underlying determinants and status of intervention
- 1 April 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Injury Control and Safety Promotion
- Vol. 10 (1-2) , 95-104
- https://doi.org/10.1076/icsp.10.1.95.14110
Abstract
Injuries and deaths from traffic crashes have become a major public health and socio-economic problem in Thailand. Injuries, fatalities and economic losses due to traffic crashes have increased with the rising level of motorization. This study analyzes hospital-based data compiled by the Ministry of Public Health, data compiled by the National Police Office and data compiled by the traffic engineering division of the Department of Highways, Ministry of Transport and Communications. Analysis reveals that 70% of the people injured or killed in traffic crashes are aged 10-39. Men are at four to five times higher risk of death and injury due to traffic crashes than women. The number and rate of traffic injury in Thailand swung from a record low during the economic recovery in the 1980’s to record a high during the bubble economy, then declined with the economic crisis in 1997. The economic costs were estimated at U.S.$1.6 billion in 1995. An urban-rural difference in traffic injuries has been recorded with a ...Keywords
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