What is it about?
Road traffic injuries are rising among undergraduate students, the factors that lead to them along with its impact on their health, academics and economic loss were explored in this study. Various stakeholders have added their recommendations to reduce road traffic injuries in Nepal.
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Why is it important?
The factors that cause road traffic injuries among students need to be explored to reduce the number of accidents. Road traffic injuries are rising simultaneously with the rise of two wheelers. Its impact and the prevalence determine how common and serious it really is.
Perspectives
More people are driving recklessly and without driving license and disobeying traffic rules, this study was based during the Pandemic so the numbers would be even more greater as there are no injury data system in Nepal, this can only help estimate the nature and extend of road traffic injuries
Nikita Bhattarai
Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital
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This page is a summary of: Motorization and its consequences: A mixed-methods study on the epidemiology, impact, and stakeholder perspectives of road traffic injuries among undergraduate two-wheeler riding students in Nepal, PLOS One, May 2026, PLOS,
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0341275.
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