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A systematic review of road traffic suicides: do we know enough to propose effective preventive measures?
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Suicide on the road network is a recognized suicide method. We conducted a systematic review with the main aim of summarizing the existing research literature on road traffic suicides covering all road users who attempt or die by suicide in road traffic. A secondary and more specific aim was to examine the consequences for possible secondary participants. Our ultimate aim was to identify prevention measures. Relevant publications (N = 48) were identified in Medline, PsycInfo, Scopus, and Web of Science databases and supplemented with three studies from a personal database. We covered and discussed the following twelve topics: Countries where the data has been collected; Publication years – a historical overview; The main purpose of the studies; Data sources; How suicide was confirmed/defined (Differences between decisions by crash investigators and those of official forensic examinations); The proportion of suicides on roads; Types of crashes; The second party; Who dies by suicide in road traffic? (Age and gender, Mental health history, and Other background factors); Why people choose this method of suicide; The prevention of road suicides; An overview of issues regarding quality of studies. We conclude that road traffic suicides are not a well-researched phenomenon, especially concerning the reasons why people choose this specific method, the consequences for the possible second party, and specific preventive measures.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1016/j.trf.2024.07.028
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- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Journal:
- Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour More from this journal
- Volume:
- 106
- Pages:
- 14-26
- Publication date:
- 2024-08-08
- Acceptance date:
- 2024-07-28
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1873-5517
- ISSN:
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1369-8478
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English
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- Pubs id:
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2018670
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pubs:2018670
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2024-07-29
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- Copyright holder:
- Radun et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2024
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- © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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