Effects of hourly precipitation and temperature on road traffic casualties in Shenzhen, China (2010-2016): A time-stratified case-crossover study

The Science of the Total Environment
Zhi-Ying ZhanChun-Quan Ou

Abstract

Although road traffic casualty (RTC) is preventable, it remains the eighth leading cause of death globally, especially in developing countries. Previous studies suggested the association between RTC and monthly or daily weather conditions, while the acute effects of weather conditions on an hourly timescale remains unknown. This study aims to quantify hourly effects of precipitation and temperature on RTC. Using ambulance records on RTC during 2010-2016 for the whole population in Shenzhen, China, we conducted a time-stratified case-crossover design which can inherently control for hour of the day, day of the week, seasonality, time trends and potential time-invariant confounders. Conditional quasi-Poisson regression with distributed lag nonlinear model was used to determine the effects of hourly precipitation and temperature on RTC. Light and heavy precipitation increased RTC in current and following 2 h by 8.09% (95% CI: 4.20-12.12%) and 11.62% (95% CI: 5.93-17.62%), respectively. A J-shaped temperature-RTC curve revealed that each 1 °C increment above 17 °C were associated with a 0.87% (0.52-1.22%) increase in RTC. High temperature accounted for 6.44% (95% CI: 3.95-8.91%) of all RTC, with a high fraction of 10.64% (95% CI: 4...Continue Reading

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