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BackgroundThe compliance review (CR) is a federal program monitoring motor carrier safety performance and regulatory compliance. This study sought to assess the impact of CRs on reviewed trucking companies in reducing truck crashes.MethodsData was from the Motor Carrier Management Information System. Study subjects were trucking companies established during 1990–1995, had at least one truck, and remained active until April 2004. (more…)

To assess the short and long term effects of the demerit points system on seat belt use, we set a region-wide cross-sectional observational study 3 months before, and 3 and 15 months after the introduction of the scheme (July 2003) in the Veneto Region, Italy. (more…)

Traffic offences present danger to the offender, and to others. This study examines differences in decision making and personality between traffic offenders and non-offenders. (more…)

ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to examine the epidemiology and health system cost of children’s falls resulting in hospitalisation in 2003 in Western Australia.MethodsThe Injury Cost Database was used to identify children who were admitted to hospital with a falls related injury. Adjusted incidence rate ratios (IRR) of hospitalisation were modelled using Poisson regression. (more…)

This study examined the relation between risk-taking behaviour while driving, the psychosocial function of driving, leisure time activities, car oriented peer group interaction and educational attainment. Two thousand four hundred seventeen drivers aged 18–25, randomly selected from the Danish Driving Licence Register, participated in the study. (more…)

Using cross-sectional time series data for the 50 states and Washington, DC, covering the period 1975–2004, we estimate fixed effects regression models that examine the effects of universal and partial helmet laws on three different motorcyclist fatality rates, while controlling for other state policies and characteristics. (more…)

Bicyclists are vulnerable road users for severe injury all over the world. The nature and extent of such injuries are less well known in Iran. Using data from a comprehensive survey conducted by the Ministry of Health and Medical Education in 13 health divisions of Iran, in 2003, we examined circumstances around bicyclist injury and death. (more…)

ObjectiveTo analyse international variation in clinical injury incidence, and explore the performance of different injury indicators in cross-country comparisons.MethodsHospital discharge data of seven European countries (Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, England and Wales) were analysed. (more…)