Title
Reducing pedestrian deaths and injuries due to road traffic injuries in Peru: Interventions that can work
Other title
[Reduciendo el trauma y la mortalidad asociada a los accidentes de tránsito en los peatones en el Perú: Intervenciones que pueden funcionar]
Date Issued
01 January 2010
Access level
open access
Resource Type
review
Publisher(s)
Instituto Nacional de Salud
Abstract
Pedestrians in Peru are the victims of the greatest proportion of road traffic fatalities in the world. In 2009, pedestrians were involved in 27% of road traffic incidents in Peru. This is a significant public health problem in Peru and it has important economic effects as well. We review the evidence for some of the solutions and interventions implemented in other countries that may work well in Peru to confront this problem via preventing pedestrian-vehicle incidents. Most importantly, deploying interventions such as area-wide traffic calming through speed bumps, roundabouts, better lighting, one-way streets, detours, and blocking some roads has the strongest evidence for reducing injuries and fatalities in pedestrians. Other interventions related to education and enforcement may have a role as well in very specific contexts, but overall designing and modifying the built environment is the most important intervention.
Start page
248
End page
254
Volume
27
Issue
2
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Políticas de salud, Servicios de salud
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-77955334988
Source
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
ISSN of the container
17264634
Sources of information: Directorio de Producción Científica Scopus