Characteristics and injury patterns of road traffic injuries in urban and rural Uganda—a retrospective medical record review study in two hospitals

• Main Authors: Temizel, Selin, Wunderlich, Robert, Leifels, Mats
• Other Authors: Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Environmental engineering; Road Traffic Crashes; Road Traffic Injuries
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/154027
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In the ongoing Second Decade of Action for Road Safety, road traffic crashes pose a considerable threat especially in low-income countries. Uganda shows a vast burden of non-fatal injuries and resides at the top range of countries with the highest death rates due to unsafe roads. However, little is...