PMID- 6595886
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19850215
LR  - 20071115
IS  - 0031-1480 (Print)
IS  - 0031-1480 (Linking)
VI  - 26
IP  - 3-4
DP  - 1983 Sep-Dec
TI  - Port Moresby road traffic accident survey.
PG  - 186-9
AB  - Road Traffic Accidents (RTA's) are an important cause of morbidity and mortality 
      in Papua New Guinea today. A survey of casualties from RTA's attending Port 
      Moresby General Hospital over a seven-month period from November 1982 to June 
      1983 showed that of 209 patients seen, one-third were in cars and one-quarter 
      were in utilities. The most dangerous positions in vehicles were (1) in the open 
      back of a utility or truck, and (2) in the front seat (driver or passenger) of a 
      car or utility. Only 13% of injured front-seat occupants of cars or utilities 
      were wearing a seat-belt; in one-third of vehicles no seat belts were fitted. A 
      plea is made for the strengthening of legislation to ensure the safety of 
      passengers travelling in the open back of trucks or utilities, and for the 
      introduction of legislation for fitting and wearing of seat-belts by front-seat 
      occupants.
FAU - Lourie, J
AU  - Lourie J
FAU - Sinha, S
AU  - Sinha S
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Papua New Guinea
TA  - P N G Med J
JT  - Papua and New Guinea medical journal
JID - 0376417
SB  - IM
MH  - *Accidents, Traffic/prevention & control
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Legislation as Topic
MH  - Male
MH  - Papua New Guinea
MH  - Seat Belts
EDAT- 1983/09/01 00:00
MHDA- 1983/09/01 00:01
CRDT- 1983/09/01 00:00
PHST- 1983/09/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1983/09/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1983/09/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - P N G Med J. 1983 Sep-Dec;26(3-4):186-9.