Assessment of Road Traffic Accidents among Children in Addis Ababa City, Ethiopia
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2014-06
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Addis Ababa University
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BACKGROUND: Road traffic injuries are major causes of death and disability worldwide, witha disproportionate number of occurrences in developing countries particularly in school agechildren.
OBJECTIVES: To assess the magnitude and factors associated with road traffic accidentsamong Children in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
METHOD: Four years retrospective record review about road traffic accidents among childrenwas conducted from records of all sub cities of Addis Ababa Traffic Control and InvestigationDepartment (AATCID).Data were collected using structured checklist . Bivariate andmultivariate analysis was done using SPSS version 20.
RESULT: A total of 1019 accidents among children have been registered in all police stations ofsub cities of Addis Ababa from March 2010 to February 2014. Of these 125(12.3%) resulted infatal accident, 510(50%) in severe injuries and 384(37.7%) in light injuries. Overall, 608 (59.6%)of the accidents occurred during rush hours. Children in the age group 4-6 years and children from 7-10 years were more likely to die from road traffic accidents compared to children in the agegroup 11-14 years AOR 2.19, 95% C.I (1.29, 3.75) and AOR 2.15, 95% C.I (1.34, 3.46)respectively. Drivers with less than one year driving experience were more likely to cause fatalaccidents compared to their counterparts AOR 2.77, 95% C.I (1.16, 6.66).
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION: The rise in road traffic accident in AddisAbaba among children is alarming. Therefore, Road safety laws, proper and adequate training ofdrivers and public education need to be in place to respond to the high morbidity and mortalityassociated with road traffic accidents.
KEY WORDS: Children, Fatality, Injuries, Road traffic accident.
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Children Fatality Injuries Road traffic accident