SynthesisBulletin of the World Health Organization2016
The burden of road traffic crashes, injuries and deaths in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Do motorcycle helmets reduce road traffic injuries, hospitalizations and mortalities in low and lower-middle income countries in Africa? A systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2022Pooled it
- Global and regional child deaths due to injuries: an assessment of the evidence.Journal of global health · 2018Pooled it
- Forensic age estimation using computed tomography of the medial clavicular epiphysis: a systematic review.International journal of legal medicine · 2018Pooled it
- Road traffic injury in sub-Saharan African countries: A systematic review and summary of observational studies.Traffic injury prevention · 2017Pooled it
- Road traffic crash mortality in Southwest Cameroon: a multicenter hospital study.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2026Article
- Pediatric road traffic accident - related head injury: a retrospective multicenter cohort study in Ghana.BMC emergency medicine · 2026Article
- Musculoskeletal injury research in sub-Saharan Africa : a ten-year bibliometric analysis of research outputs from Malawi, South Africa, and Tanzania.Bone & joint open · 2026Article
- Treatment outcomes and associated factors among road traffic injury patients in emergency departments of public hospitals in Awi Zone Northwest Ethiopia.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Status of post-crash response systems and policy indicators in the WHO African region: a cross-sectional descriptive study.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Consensus-based research priorities for post-collision care in the Western Cape province of South Africa.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2025Article
- Road traffic accidents and its determinants among Kenyan households: analysis of the 2022 national health survey using multilevel modeling.BMC public health · 2025Article
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- Migration of Health Workers and Its Impacts on the Nigerian Health Care Sector: Protocol for a Scoping Review.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
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- Distribution of causes of death and associated organ injuries in road traffic accident-related fatalities: a postmortem study in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Pattern and Management of Maxillofacial Trauma in Selected Trauma Units Across Africa: A Prospective Pilot Study.Journal of maxillofacial and oral surgery · 2024Article
- A needs assessment for formal emergency medicine curriculum and training in Zambia.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2024Article
- Epidemiology of orthopedic injuries among inpatients admitted at a tertiary teaching and referral hospital in Kenya: a retrospective cross-sectional study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- Factors influencing nurses' pain assessment and management of road traffic casualties: a qualitative study at a military hospital in Ghana.BMC emergency medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo estimate the burden of road traffic injuries and deaths for all road users and among different road user groups in Africa.
methodsWe searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, Global Health, Google Scholar, websites of African road safety agencies and organizations for registry- and population-based studies and reports on road traffic injury and death estimates in Africa, published between 1980 and 2015. Available data for all road users and by road user group were extracted and analysed. We conducted a random-effects meta-analysis and estimated pooled rates of road traffic injuries and deaths.
findingsWe identified 39 studies from 15 African countries. The estimated pooled rate for road traffic injury was 65.2 per 100 000 population (95% confidence interval, CI: 60.8-69.5) and the death rate was 16.6 per 100 000 population (95% CI: 15.2-18.0). Road traffic injury rates increased from 40.7 per 100 000 population in the 1990s to 92.9 per 100 000 population between 2010 and 2015, while death rates decreased from 19.9 per 100 000 population in the 1990s to 9.3 per 100 000 population between 2010 and 2015. The highest road traffic death rate was among motorized four-wheeler occupants at 5.9 per 100 000 population (95% CI: 4.4-7.4), closely followed by pedestrians at 3.4 per 100 000 population (95% CI: 2.5-4.2).
conclusionThe burden of road traffic injury and death is high in Africa. Since registry-based reports underestimate the burden, a systematic collation of road traffic injury and death data is needed to determine the true burden.
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