Prevalencia y caracterización de los accidentes de tránsito en motocicletas. Cuenca, periodo 2018-2020

Abstract

Background: traffic accidents had been increased worldwide, being the bikers, motorcyclists, and pedestrians the more affected, because of the direct body exposure. Objective: to determinate the prevalence and characterization of the traffic accidents in motorcycles. Cuenca, 2018-2020 period. Methodology: observational, descriptive and transversal study. The data included all the traffic accidents expedient registered on the EMOV EP system (Empresa Pública Municipal de Movilidad, Tránsito y Transporte) from Cuenca. Sociodemographic variables and study variables (individual, environmental and road variables) were collected. The data were processed in the SPSS program evaluation version, the data are presented in tables, using frequencies, percentages, standard deviation and arithmetic average. Results: motorcycle accidents occurred more frequently in men (96%) between 20-39 years of age (82.7%), with the most frequent type of accident being a crash (68%); these accidents predominated on weekdays (67.4%), in a good road condition 94.8%. Of the motorcycle drivers, 86.7% were only injured and only 16.7% were drinking alcohol at the time of the accident. Conclusions: the most number of motorcycle accidents happened in men between 20-39 years old, between Monday to Friday working hours, with a minimum of deads; this accidents were not related with road conditions nor weather conditions.