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The leading cause of death among young people and children aged 5 to 29, traffic accidents cause 1.3 million deaths each year, to which are added between 20 and 50 million injuries, a large proportion of whom retain a disability due to trauma.
According to the WHO, it is in the African region that the death rate from road accidents is the highest. More than half of those killed on the roads are “vulnerable users”: pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists.
What are the main factors of traffic accidents? How to improve prevention? What is the course of an accident victim, from first aid to discharge from hospital?
At the end of the program, we find the sports chronicle of the Dr Jean Marc Senesports physician.
► All chronicles are accessible here.
