Características de los accidentes de tránsito en la ciudad de Cuenca, de enero a diciembre de 2003

Abstract

The characteristics of traffic accidents in the city of Cuenca, from January to December 2003, is a study in order to provide a real-to-date information to citizens about this serious problem which causes every day sequels and disabilities on the health of the population in both developed and developing countries. The work is a descriptive epidemiological study, quantitative (because the data are measured) and is retrospective in time. The study area was the city of Cuenca and the universe was by all traffic accidents in 2003. The methodology included the observation and art from revised and collected, with a registration form, data Accident database of the Department of Traffic Engineering District III National Police, files and records SIAT, CIREM, the central archives of the Provincial Transit Azuay and INEC. A fundamental part of this research paper concluded that the crash and private cars are the type of accident and the most frequent type of vehicle. Between 08h00 and 12h00 on Saturday, and the month of December have the highest occurrence of accidents. Avenue of the Americas, the unknown state of rider, male, over 18 years, the absence of signs and asphalt are the most common characteristics where accidents occur. Similarly, between 04h00 - 08h00, on Saturday, January and pedestrian accidents are the times are the times and types of accidents that cause as many fatalities in our city