Abstract
Three thousand people die every day in land transport accidents (LTA) worldwide-nearly 1.3 million people a year. In 1997 Brazil's road traffic was considered one of the worst and most dangerous in the world, with extremely high accident rates, one for every 410 vehicles on road. In 2010 the crude mortality rate due to LTA in Brazil was 22.5 deaths per 100.000 inhabitants. São Paulo is th…