A recent study carried out by the emergency reception service of the Principal Hospital of Dakar highlights a worrying reality: more than 63% of accidents involving two-wheelers and tricycles occur without the drivers wearing protective gear. protective equipment. This lack of protection significantly increases the risk of victims being admitted to intensive care, underlines the booklet of summaries of the scientific days of the Collective of Specialized Physicians (Comes), relayed by our colleagues from Sud Quotidien.
This report indicates that 59.2% of victims are young adults, with a male predominance (M/F sex ratio of 11). He specifies that the risk of accident is higher between 4 p.m. and midnight. Despite legislation requiring 79% of drivers to have a driving license, only 25% of them are equipped with protection in the event of an accident.
The scientific days are held at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar on January 16 and 17. According to the Collective, the study aimed to evaluate various aspects of moped and motorcycle accidents, including the characteristics of the victims and the circumstances of the accidents. Carried out over two months, from March to May 2023, this research is crucial to understanding the scale of the problem.
In terms of mechanism, collisions represent 64.5% of recorded incidents, with a death rate of 6.5% noted in the ten days following the accident. One point raised by the study, read on Sud Quotidien, is that motorcycle victims in Jakarta have a prognosis four times more serious than other types of vehicles.
In this regard, Sokhna Seck, psychiatrist at Fann hospital in Dakar, underlined during his presentation the major psychological impact of these accidents. Psychological injuries, unlike physical injuries, require early and personalized treatment. However, she regrets that post-traumatic rehabilitation is often inadequate due to the low qualification of human resources and unsuitable infrastructure in developing countries.
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