Factors Influencing Number of Deaths Due to Road Crashes in Bangkok: A Comparison between the Situations before and after the Outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019
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Road crashes, Road traffic deaths, Coronavirus outbreak, BangkokAbstract
From a statistical study on the number of road traffic deaths in Bangkok over the past eleven years, there was no significant reduction in the mortality rate even during the outbreak of coronavirus disease in 2019 that has significantly reduced mobility. The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors and influencing factors of road traffic deaths in Bangkok. The study was divided into two periods: the period before and after the outbreak and the study data was based on road traffic deaths from the Ministry of Public Health's integrated road accident mortality data system. Important research tools include statistical analysis, relationship and multiple regression analysis, and hypothesis testing. From the study, we found that even during the period of strict control measures for the epidemic diseases, the mobility in Bangkok tends to be obvious downward trend. Pattern and number of road traffic deaths failed to find a significant difference in mean compared to the pre-epidemic period. Demographic, spatial, and environmental factors still clearly dominate the number of road traffic deaths.
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