Open AccessEpidemiological and clinical profile of fatality in vulnerable road users at a high volume trauma center
Author(s) -
Angeline Neetha Radjou,
Sachil Kumar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of emergencies, trauma and shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 0974-519X
pISSN - 0974-2700
DOI - 10.4103/jets.jets_55_17
Subject(s) - medicine , trauma center , demographics , pedestrian , road traffic , medical emergency , case fatality rate , epidemiology , emergency medicine , environmental health , demography , geography , surgery , engineering , population , transport engineering , retrospective cohort study , archaeology , sociology
Motorized two-wheelers, pedestrians, and cyclists are termed vulnerable road users (VRUs).Globally up to 50% of road deaths involve VRU and up to 80% in developing and rapidly motorizing economies.