Background: Road traffic injury remains a major source of blunt abdominal trauma
(BAT). Road traffic injury and other forms of trauma have become a major health
problem throughout the world especially in low and middle-income countries. In
a previous study (2005-2007), abdominal trauma constituted 79 (4.8%) of trauma
cases; BAT, 40 (53%) and penetrating abdominal trauma (PAT), 39 (47%). Effective
policies on road safety should be developed based on local research and not on
adapted models. We present this study to highlight the possible effect of
legislation on the ban of the use of motorcycles on blunt abdominal trauma. Methods: Patients that presented to the
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