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Introduction: road traffic accidents are the seventh leading cause of death worldwide and the pfirst among 15-29 year olds; 93% occur in developing countries and affect "vulnerable users" such as pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists. Objective: to characterize the victims of traffic accidents in Colombia and the Department of Cauca. Materials and methods: retrospectivedescriptive study of the victims of traffic accidents reported to the National Road Safety Agency between January 2012 and December 2019. Results: in Colombia, during the study period there were 380,986 traffic accidents, 86.21% were injured and 13.78% died; 65.06% men and 34.93% women, the age group between 20-39 years was the one that contributed more road accidents (48.89%). The department of Cauca, represented 1.99% of the accidents in the country, while the victims of motorcycle accidents were 2.06% of the national total. Of the latter, 80.32% suffered injuries and 19.67% died. Although for the years 2017 and 2019 the curve showed a decrease, with respect to previous years, the trend in 2019 for Cauca was higher than the national one. Conclusions: most traffic accidents are preventable and occur in young, socially and economically active populations. In spite of the policies established in the country, the number of accidents and deaths continues to be significant, which is why it is necessary to create awareness and social responsibility about this problem in order to protect the vulnerable population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: estimating the determinants of the costs of care and rehabilitation of people injured in traffic accidents in Medellin, Colombia. Materials and Methods: follow-up study for a year on 483 patients treated due to moderate and severe injuries. We included medical costs calculated based on the hospital billing systems and indirect costs associated to the incapacity for patients and caregivers. The determinants of the total cost were estimated by means of a generalized linear model. Results: the costs for severely injured patients were, on average, higher by US $2,152 than those of patients with moderate injuries. Those who were interned in the intensive and special care units generated additional costs amounting to US $29,362 and US $5,746 in comparison to those who were not interned there. Indirect costs amounted to 3% of the total cost. Conclusions: the severity of the injuries and the type of care were the factors that influenced the most the cost of care and rehabilitation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: to estimate the functional dependency as a measure of disability in a group of motorcycle taxi drivers from Cartagena, Colombia. Methods: a retrospective descriptive study in which researchers reviewed 1123 files of motorcycle taxi drivers involved in traffic accidents in Cartagena during 2006. The level of functional dependence regarding performance of some basic activities of daily life was determined for 262 subjects using the Barthel scale. Furthermore, data analysis was carried out using the EpiInfo 3.5.1 database, and variables are presented in absolute and relative frequencies. Results: it was found that 53.4% of subjects had mild functional dependence and 15.6% had moderate dependence. 76% of the participants said they were unemployed. Conclusions: functional dependence as a measure of disability is a highly probable result of traffic accidents among motorcycle taxi drivers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective. Prepare a conceptual model that facilitates understanding of the relationships between the variables that lead children to adopt postures in school transportation vehicles that increase injuries in traffic accidents. Methods. For identification of the variables, direct information on school transportation was collected through focus groups, with bus aides and bus drivers, on-board filming during the transport of children, and recording of the dimensions of components in different types of school buses. The information collected was analyzed using the Atlas.ti v6 software and the construction of a model through deduction. Results. Important relationships were found between adoption of potentially hazardous postures by children during transport to and from school and the seat and seat belt dimensions, the characteristics of the transportation service, and the role of bus aides. Conclusions. In order to adopt coherent interventions in school transportation safety, it is necessary to consider not only the technical aspects of the vehicle or posture that are controlled in crash tests but the specific variables of the activities that lead children to adopt postures that put them at greater risk of injury. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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A comparative study of civil liability in different legal systems, suggests that the proposal to modify the current compulsory civil liability insurance in Colombia, rather than being progressive within the national context, is basically irresponsible, at least, when considering broader frames of reference and studying civil liabilities as an inseparable part of the socioeconomic framework that it seeks to regulate. Compulsory civil liability insurance is the point of tension between increased demands for social justice by ordinary citizens, the economic rationale that insurance companies try to impose as economic agents and political intervention through legislation, whose specific motives are always difficult to predict. The relatively slow rate of change in this legal field and the pacing between economic development and social justice demands of the legal system are essential to the success of the reform, as unfortunately shown by abrupt change efforts and by the negative experiences in the late eighties. Comparative law is, in this case, a caution and warning call against radical reform elitist attempts, which may only be superficially described as progressive in the Latin American context when the relationship between economy, society and law is well understood. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective. Describe the impact of interventions focused on decreasing deaths by motorcycle crash. Material and Methods. We analyzed variations in deaths by motorcycle crash in Cali when the interventions were implemented and the statistical significance of changes between 1993 and 2001. Results. The rate of motorcyclist deaths per 100 000 inhabitants decreased from 9.7 in 1995 to 3.6 in 2001. The greatest reduction was observed after the introduction of the helmet law for motorcycle drivers in 1996 (12.3%). Other interventions-such as a helmet law for passengers, a reflective safety vest, a circulation ban for motorcyclists in December, and compulsory courses for all motorcyclists-produced a greater decrease in mortality; meanwhile, a lack of law enforcement increased it. Conclusions. The establishment and implementation of a combination of prevention strategies was more effective than a single or non-articulated strategy [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Traffic accidents and mobility problems have been an issue of priority for the cities, and the case of Bogotá is not an exception. An approach from the social sciences suggests the existence of a generalized problem of interaction where the agents violate the behavior codes (normative and informal) and contribute to generate chaotic situations, with negative effects on the lift: quality of the citizens. The situation of vulnerability and specificity of pedestrians makes them a priority and an interesting group of study. This article is oriented toward the study of their behavior and proposes, as its main hypothesis, that in daily life pedestrians orient their behavior according to a set of references of practical nature that allow them to mobilize through the city, but they don't act in correspondence with the normative dispositions that intend to regulate those behavior. In social theory, this problem is called anomie. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a critical revision of the traffic accident reconstruction models in the running over of pedestrians. We find that the models based on the concept of distance launched require the point of Vehicle-Pedestrian impact, the record of which is deficient and/or doubtful in the traffic accident reports of the transit authorities in Colombia. This paper evidences the difficulties of application in real cases using existing models and proposes an outline for the obtainment of the said coordinate based on the skid mark and final Vehicle-Pedestrian positions. We illustrate the proposal in one-dimensional and two-dimensional cases, as well as, the calculation of the velocity of the pedestrian. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]