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Incidence and Risk of Fatal Vehicle Crashes Among Professional Drivers: A Population-Based Study in Taiwan

Fatal vehicle crashes (FVCs) are among the leading causes of death worldwide. Professional drivers often drive under dangerous conditions; however, knowledge of the risk factors for FVCs among professional drivers remain scant. We investigated whether professional drivers have a higher risk of FVCs...

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Autores principales: Tsai, Jui-Hsiu, Yang, Ya-Hui, Ho, Pei-Shan, Wu, Trong-Neng, Guo, Yue Leon, Chen, Pau-Chung, Chuang, Hung-Yi
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8957854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35350475
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.849547
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author Tsai, Jui-Hsiu
Yang, Ya-Hui
Ho, Pei-Shan
Wu, Trong-Neng
Guo, Yue Leon
Chen, Pau-Chung
Chuang, Hung-Yi
author_facet Tsai, Jui-Hsiu
Yang, Ya-Hui
Ho, Pei-Shan
Wu, Trong-Neng
Guo, Yue Leon
Chen, Pau-Chung
Chuang, Hung-Yi
author_sort Tsai, Jui-Hsiu
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description Fatal vehicle crashes (FVCs) are among the leading causes of death worldwide. Professional drivers often drive under dangerous conditions; however, knowledge of the risk factors for FVCs among professional drivers remain scant. We investigated whether professional drivers have a higher risk of FVCs than non-professional drivers and sought to clarify potential risk factors for FVCs among professional drivers. We analyzed nationwide incidence rates of FVCs as preliminary data. Furthermore, by using these data, we created a 1:4 professionals/non-professionals preliminary study to compare with the risk factors between professional and non-professional drivers. In Taiwan, the average crude incidence rate of FVCs for 2003–2016 among professional drivers was 1.09 per 1,000 person-years; professional drivers had a higher percentage of FVCs than non-professional drivers among all motor vehicle crashes. In the 14-year preliminary study with frequency-matched non-professional drivers, the risk of FVCs among professional drivers was significantly associated with a previous history of involvement in motor vehicle crashes (adjustment odds ratio [OR] = 2.157; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.896–2.453), previous history of benzodiazepine use (adjustment OR = 1.385; 95% CI, 1.215–1.579), and speeding (adjustment OR = 1.009; 95% CI, 1.006–1.013). The findings have value to policymakers seeking to curtail FVCs.
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spelling pubmed-89578542022-03-28 Incidence and Risk of Fatal Vehicle Crashes Among Professional Drivers: A Population-Based Study in Taiwan Tsai, Jui-Hsiu Yang, Ya-Hui Ho, Pei-Shan Wu, Trong-Neng Guo, Yue Leon Chen, Pau-Chung Chuang, Hung-Yi Front Public Health Public Health Fatal vehicle crashes (FVCs) are among the leading causes of death worldwide. Professional drivers often drive under dangerous conditions; however, knowledge of the risk factors for FVCs among professional drivers remain scant. We investigated whether professional drivers have a higher risk of FVCs than non-professional drivers and sought to clarify potential risk factors for FVCs among professional drivers. We analyzed nationwide incidence rates of FVCs as preliminary data. Furthermore, by using these data, we created a 1:4 professionals/non-professionals preliminary study to compare with the risk factors between professional and non-professional drivers. In Taiwan, the average crude incidence rate of FVCs for 2003–2016 among professional drivers was 1.09 per 1,000 person-years; professional drivers had a higher percentage of FVCs than non-professional drivers among all motor vehicle crashes. In the 14-year preliminary study with frequency-matched non-professional drivers, the risk of FVCs among professional drivers was significantly associated with a previous history of involvement in motor vehicle crashes (adjustment odds ratio [OR] = 2.157; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.896–2.453), previous history of benzodiazepine use (adjustment OR = 1.385; 95% CI, 1.215–1.579), and speeding (adjustment OR = 1.009; 95% CI, 1.006–1.013). The findings have value to policymakers seeking to curtail FVCs. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-03-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8957854/ /pubmed/35350475 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.849547 Text en Copyright © 2022 Tsai, Yang, Ho, Wu, Guo, Chen and Chuang. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Public Health
Tsai, Jui-Hsiu
Yang, Ya-Hui
Ho, Pei-Shan
Wu, Trong-Neng
Guo, Yue Leon
Chen, Pau-Chung
Chuang, Hung-Yi
Incidence and Risk of Fatal Vehicle Crashes Among Professional Drivers: A Population-Based Study in Taiwan
title Incidence and Risk of Fatal Vehicle Crashes Among Professional Drivers: A Population-Based Study in Taiwan
title_full Incidence and Risk of Fatal Vehicle Crashes Among Professional Drivers: A Population-Based Study in Taiwan
title_fullStr Incidence and Risk of Fatal Vehicle Crashes Among Professional Drivers: A Population-Based Study in Taiwan
title_full_unstemmed Incidence and Risk of Fatal Vehicle Crashes Among Professional Drivers: A Population-Based Study in Taiwan
title_short Incidence and Risk of Fatal Vehicle Crashes Among Professional Drivers: A Population-Based Study in Taiwan
title_sort incidence and risk of fatal vehicle crashes among professional drivers: a population-based study in taiwan
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8957854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35350475
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.849547
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