MOTORCYCLING IN BRAZIL: LOCOMOTIVE SOLUTION FOR
A PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM
Motorcycle; Accident; Traffic
The objective of this study was to verify how the
the Brazilian scenario on traffic accidents, by means of a review of the
incident and accident involving motorcycles. Method:
Public domain databases were accessed: BIREME portal
(Latin American and Caribbean Center on Information Sciences in
Health), portals of Latin American and Caribbean Literature in
Health (LILACS), Spanish Bibliographic Index in Health Sciences
(IBECS), National Library of Medicine / NLM (MEDLINE), The Cochrane
Library; National Library of Medicine / NLM (PubMed). The descriptors
traffic AND AND motorcycle accident were used in the search.
Results: 25 studies were selected, in general these studies
identified as potential factors for accidents
involving motorcycles: the age of the driver (primarily young),
sex (men as the major victims of accidents), use of licit substances
and illicit, accident period (weekends), the type of profession
(motoboys and moto-taxi drivers), region of the country (inland) and, mainly,
the lack of use of safety equipment. Conclusion:
It was hoped to point out the need for the installation of
transit system by means of preventive actions with investments in
education in traffic, research, surveillance and defensive driving