Researchers
Research summary
Land transport injuries and fatalities constitute a significant global public health challenge, with disproportionate burden experienced in developing countries. Safety concerns can deter people from using active modes of transport, however, differences in data collection and reporting of transport injuries across modes makes quantifying safety by mode difficult.
We are working on a systematic review of travel injury and fatality rates by mode of transport. Our research questions are:
- How do travel injury and fatality rates vary by mode of transport?
- Are there variations according to age, sex and socio-economic status and/or area deprivation
The review will consist of a comprehensive, electronic, systematic search of the medical, health sciences and transport research literature, using a combination of keywords, MeSH terms (and equivalent indexed terms) for each of the following databases: Ovid (MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, Emcare, Nursing Database), CINAHL, TRID, and Web of Science.
Three concepts will guide the keyword searching of the databases:
- Concept 1: Transport (for example, all modes of land transport)
- Concept 2: Injury (for example, injuries, fatalities, accidents)
- Concept 3: Exposure rates (for example, per distance, per time, per trip)