Análise dos acidentes de trânsito com vítimas fatais no município de Natal/RN no período de 1999 a 2014
In recent years, traffic accidents are one of the main causes of high mortality rates in Brazil, especially among men and young people. In this sense, the municipality of Natal / RN presents considerable numbers of traffic accidents. but this is also a worldwide problem. Thus, the objective of this text is to analyze, through various factors (number of deaths, gender, age, type of involvement and size of the fleet), the evolution of traffic accidents with fatalities occurring in the municipality of Natal / RN, between 1999 and 2014. It is mainly a descriptive study, based on secondary data provided by the Ministry of Health and Denatran. The study has shown that traffic accidents with fatalities are becoming more frequent, most of them are caused by males, young people, motorcyclists and pedestrians. It should be noted that the focus of the profile observations was directed at the ones who caused the accidents, rather than the victims. This information would be justified by the constant increase of the fleet of vehicles in the studied period. Thus, these data reveal the need for greater intervention by the State in the implementation of preventive programs, in the execution of its social functions, in the application of effective enforcement actions, and in studies on the quality of investments in relation to the reduction of accident rates for these would minimize the number of deaths.