Abstract
This paper aims to analyze the main characteristics of Road Traffic Accidents (RTA) mortality in Brazil for the period 1996-2015, focusing on the 10-29 years' age group. This is a two-step study consisting of (i) a bibliographic review on the topic of traffic violence in Brazil, and (ii) a study on RTA mortality in the Mortality Information System (SIM). The former situates the state of the art of scientific production on the theme and produces the theoretical reference for the analysis of the latter. During the period, about 39,000 people died by RTA, of which about 13,200 adolescents and young people died. The country should curb mortality to somewhere around 19,500/year and, among adolescents and young people, to 6,500/year to achieve SDG 3.6. With the establishment of the Brazilian Traffic Code (CTB), RTA mortality rate fell between 1997 and 2000. The rate increased in the subsequent decade. The focus on adolescents and young people help us understand that, in the post-CTB and Prohibition, male black and brown motorcyclists became the main victims. The literature provides data analysis and shows that reduction is currently submitted to an articulated discussion that involves worker's health, gender, employment, urban mobility and advertising policies. Concerning SDG, this means that achieving SDG 3.6 is a process that involves interacting with policies targeting other SDGs.
Highlights
A global problem, traffic violence received particular attention from the United Nations, which included it in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and Agenda 2030, via target 3.6: by 2020, halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents[1]
Brazil emerges as a country in which this type of mortality has impacting rates that have remained stable in the last 20 years
In the 20 years studied here, an average of about 39,000 people/year died by Road Traffic Accidents (RTA), of which about 13,200 adolescents and young people
Summary
A global problem, traffic violence received particular attention from the United Nations, which included it in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and Agenda 2030, via target 3.6: by 2020, halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents[1]. In the case of traffic violence, one cannot discuss coping measures that do not analyze, among others, issues of worker health (motorcycle courier drivers and other categories of drivers with high exposure to RTA); mental health (both with respect to the psychological conditions for driving concerning the use of alcohol and other drugs); poor preservation of roads and public highways; media appreciation of cars’ speed and drivers’ audacity; public policies and societal actions covering the automotive industry the development of safe vehicles with accident prevention technologies; public transport, urban mobility and sustainable cities; and traffic education policies for drivers and in schools With this in mind, this paper intends to contribute to the debate and fight against traffic violence. It assumes the objective of analyzing the main characteristics of RTA-related mortality in Brazil among people aged 10-29 years, from 1996 to 2015, seeking to subsidize policies that facilitate target 3.6 of the SDGs/2030 Agenda
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