ArticleAfrican journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence2016
Economic development and road traffic fatalities in two neighbouring African nations.
Article in African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- The impact of temperature, rainfall, and health worker density index on road traffic fatalities in Pakistan.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2020Article
- Head trauma: A significant public health concern among young men in Botswana. Etiology referral patterns and opportunities for interventions.Journal of public health in Africa · 2018Article
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Abstract
introductionThe rapid growth of Botswana's economy since independence in 1966 has brought more tarred roads and vehicles, accompanied by an escalating road crash fatality rate. We tested the hypothesis that motor vehicle crash fatality increases resulted from, rather than just corresponded with, annual gross domestic product (GDP) increases. Data from Zambia, adjacent to Botswana, were used for comparison.
methodsAnnual social and economic indicators and motor vehicle crash fatality rates in Botswana and Zambia were accessed from 1960 to 2012 and analysed using vector autoregressive analysis and Granger causality tests.
resultsIn Botswana, annual changes in per capita GDP predicted annual changes in motor vehicle crash fatality rates (
conclusionRoad crash fatalities increased in recent decades in both Zambia and Botswana. But the rapid economic development in Botswana over this time period appears to have driven proportionate road traffic fatality increases. There are opportunities for newly emerging economies such as Zambia, Angola, and others to learn from the Botswana experience. Evidence-based investments in road safety interventions should be concomitant with economic development.
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