Profile of deaths arising from traffic accidents in a municipality in the west of Santa Catarina

Abstract

This study aimed at identifying characteristics of fatal victims of traffic accidents and describing the profile of deaths resulting from traffic accidents in Concórdia Santa Catarina. The method was an exploratory-descriptive quantitative study developed at the Instituto Médico Legal de Concórdia from January 2010 to July 2012 through the local database. Documents from 73 fatal victims. In this study, there was a higher occurrence of collisions with a car with another vehicle or stationary object. Fatal accidents day of the week was Sunday, from 6:01 pm to 8:00 pm, in the age group 19 to 38 years old, predominantly male, transport sector workers, with vehicle driver position at the time of the accident and the public road as a place deaths. The use of alcoholic beverages was found in 38.9%. It was possible to identify the most vulnerable population and to contribute to the creation of new policies and preventive measures, in the promotion of educational campaigns focused on traffic.