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Background and objectives: accidents are the most prevalent causes of mortality and disability in the world and car accident is one of the main causes of death in Iran. Car accident is one of the biggest predicaments of the public health and developinent in Golestan province and their victims are mostly young and efficient people. Hence, the study of the effective factors can be useful in suggesting essential strategies leading to accident reduction. Materials and Methods: We carried out this CIOSS-sectional study on all 644 cases available in medico-legal organization of golestan province, 2006. After data collection, we did data analysis by SPSS software. Results: The findings show that 644 people died in the accidents, 2006. The victims are men (84.8%), 30-49 year old (25.294), illiterates (28.9%), died at the scene (44.6%), died by head injury (62.7%) and motorcyclist (41.6%). Most of them died or have been injured in high ways (65.4%), but only a small nurrber of accident occurred in minor roads or villages (12.999). In terms of job, workers have a high mortality rate. Most of accidents occur in summer, the most crowded time of the year (34%). Conclusion: The implementation of the following preventive measure can be helpful in reducing the mortality rate: making roads and driving safer and providing telephone coverage in remote arcas to transfer the casualties fast.

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Background and Objective: Road accident is one of the most common causes of death and injury of people and sometimes the cause of permanent cripple. Rescuing of the victims, preventing from aggravating the injuries and helping them to transfer to medical centers depends on applying the first aids at the scene of the accident. The drivers are the first people who are faced with the victims in road accidents, therefore we decided to determine the knowledge and attitudes of driving license trainees about first aids for the victims of road accidents. Material and Methods: In this cross-sectional study in 2007, using census sampling, 240 driving license trainees of 12 institutes in Gorgan filled out a valid and reliable questionnaire about knowledge and attitudes toward first aids for road accident victims. We used a Questionnaire including 29 questions in the field of first medical helps and analyzed the data by using descriptive and analytical statistics. Results: Most of the trainees (86%) are younger than 20 years old. Eighty-three point eight percent of them have high school diploma. The trainees (71.3%) have never passed any first aid training class. The knowledge of 70% of them is average. The trainees’ attitude (65.8%) is average. There is no significant relationship between the study variables and knowledge and attitudes of the trainees toward first aids of victims of road accidents. Conclusion: The results indicate that most of trainees of driving license that may be a driver in future have average knowledge and attitudes toward first aids and need to be instructed.