Accidents and acts of violence in Brazil: IV--Report of an experiment related to traffic accident prevention: a model used by the Pan American Health Organization

The report of a program related to the prevention of traffic accidents in Bogotá, Columbia, in 1983, is presented. The methodology applied showed that ostensive and preventive policing produced immediate results and its adoption was relatively simple: the number of accidents declined from 414 to 48...

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Published in:Revista de saúde pública 1997-08, Vol.31 Suppl, p.47-50
Main Author: Leitão, F B
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Subjects:
Accidents, Traffic - prevention & control
Accidents, Traffic - statistics & numerical data
Colombia
Humans
Pan American Health Organization
Program Development
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Summary:The report of a program related to the prevention of traffic accidents in Bogotá, Columbia, in 1983, is presented. The methodology applied showed that ostensive and preventive policing produced immediate results and its adoption was relatively simple: the number of accidents declined from 414 to 48 within on year of the launching of the Program.
ISSN:0034-8910