The Relationship Among Road Traffic Accidents Population Size and the Number of Motor Vehicles in Turkey

Mahmut Aşırdizer,Mehmet Sunay Yavuz,İlknur Yılmaz,Tarık Uluçay,Yavuz Hekimoğlu

doi:10.17986/blm.2014191771

Abstract

Introduction: Traffic accidents with high morbidity and mortality rates are one of the most important problems of the world. Several factors have been described for the occurrence of traffic accidents. Two of them are traffic congestion and road density which have infrequently been reported in the Turkish literature. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the relationship between road traffic accidents, population size, and the number of motor vehicles in Turkey.Material and methods: The crude data were obtained from the web page of the Turkish Statistical Institute. They was standardized for every one million population, every one million motor vehicles, or every one thousand road traffic accidents. The system of Statistical Regions was used in the classification.Results: In Turkey, the total number of inhabitants was 74,724,269 and the number of motor vehicles was 16,089,528 in 2011. As a result of 131,845 road traffic accidents 3,835 people died and 238,074 people were injured. In the evaluation of the distribution of the number of motor vehicles for every one million population, the distribution of the number of road traffic accidents for every one million population and every one million motor vehicles, the distribution of the number of people died in road traffic accidents for every one million population, every one million motor vehicles and every one thousand road traffic accidents, and the distribution of the number of people injured in road traffic accidents for every one million population, every one million motor vehicles and every one thousand road traffic accidents were all statistically significant. Conclusion: In the traffic accidents, urban and rural society based projects for the identification of risk factors and the preventive measures are great importance. This study represents a pioneer step forward in this field in Turkey.Keywords: Road traffic accidents, traffic congestion, road density, number of motor vehicles, population.

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In 1769, Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot's steam-powered vehicle collided into a wall during a test
When the number of road traffic accidents for every one million population was evaluated, it was observed that the number of road traffic accidents was higher in Aegean (TR3) (2,249 per 1 million population), Middle Anatolian (TR7) (2,239 per 1 million population), Mediterranean (TR6) (2,221 per 1 million population), Western Anatolian (TR5) (2,196 per 1 million population) and Western Marmara (TR2) (2,122 per 1 million population) regions (p
The distribution of the number of motor vehicles for every one million population in Turkey (Figure 2) is consistent with the data on the “distribution of annual equivalised household disposable incomes by quintiles ordered by equivalised household disposable income (SR, Level 1)” of Turkey [11]

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Introduction

In 1769, Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot's steam-powered vehicle collided into a wall during a test This accident, which occurred in France, is accepted as the first automobile accident in history [1]. In Ohio City, the driver James William Lambert lost his control of the vehicle and the automobile collided into a tree root. In this accident, Lambert and the passenger James Swoveland were slightly injured [2]. In May 30, 1896, one of the first commercial automobiles used by Henry Wells collided into a bicycle In this accident, which is accepted as the first motor vehicle accident involving personal injury in history, the bicycle driver Evylyn Thomas' leg was broken [3]. At the inquest, the coroner said, “This is a big misfortune and it must never happen again” [4,5]

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