Assessment of Risk Factors Related to Traffic Crashes among Drivers in Kashan

Iran is one of the countries with most injury and death resulted from road traffic crashes. The aim of this study was to assess the risk factors related to road traffic crashes among drivers of Kashan, Iran. In this case control study, 155 victims drivers were selected as case and one driver who transported from case place in same time was determined as control. Data were analyzed using Chi-square test and logistic regression model using SPSS 21 software. In this study, 310 car drivers as the cases and 155 drivers as the control group, were examined, of which 304 (98.1%) of them were male and 6 (1.9%) were female. After eliminating the effect of confounding variables, using a logistic regression model, there was a significant relationship between occupation (OR = 6.25), education (OR = 8.33), driving habits at night (OR = 4.91), no using seat belts (OR =5.26), previous history of road traffic crashes (OR = 2.63), history of drug use (OR = 3.70), visual acuity (OR = 5.31) and occurrence of traffic crashes were found. According to the results of this study, road traffic crashes had significant relationship with different variables including lower education, driving at night, not using seat belt, history of previous crash and history of drug use. The results can be used to design efficient prevention programs and in order to promote the safety of public streets