Abstract
Objective: Characterize the epidemiological profile of the victim’s motorcycle accidents attended in the hospital network in the state of Piauí. Methods: A descriptive, retrospective study of a quantitative approach, with secondary data from the Hospital Inpatient System (SIH) of the Department of Informatics of the Unified Health System (DATASUS). Data collection was performed from September to October 2018 and the following variables were analyzed: age, sex, color / race, number of deaths, month of occurrence, causative mechanism, establishment of occurrence and mean permanence. The organization and analysis of the data occurred in the month of November 2018 through the program TABNET. Results: There were 5,680 accidents with motorcyclists registered in 2017, with the majority being between the ages of 20 and 39, of brown and male color. There was a predominance in the mechanism causing an unspecified traffic accident and the establishment that presented the largest number of victims was the Reference Hospital of the municipality of Teresina, in January. Conclusion: The study showed the high rates of accidents with motorcyclists in the state of Piauí, evidencing the need to implement public policies focused on awareness and education in traffic.