BACKGROUND Low and middle-income countries carry over ninety per cent of the burden of injury related mortality and disability. Motorcycles are gradually becoming a major mode of transportation in Cameroon and other African countries in the absence of an organized public transport. Consequently, the contribution of motorcycle crash to injury-related deaths seems to be on the rise. Currently, da...

OBJECTIVE The accuracy of pre-hospital crash scene details and crash victim assessment has important implications for initial trauma care assessment and management. Similarly, it is known to influence physician perception of crash victim injury severity. The goal of this feasibility study was to examine paramedic accuracy in predicting crash victim injury profile, disability outcome at hospital...

BACKGROUND One of the major causes of death among children younger than 15 years is vehicular injury. Car safety seats protect children in a crash if they are used correctly. The objective of this study was to assess the level of parental knowledge and their attitudes regarding car safety seats. METHODS The survey was conducted in May and June 2007 at Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Research-Training...

Secondary safety refers to mitigation of injury given that a crash occurs, as distinct from prevention of crashes. Evidence is presented that secondary safety of new cars has been improving substantially in recent years. (a) Single-car crashes, South Australia. The later the year of the car, the smaller is the probability of the driver being killed. (b) Car-car collisions, South Australia. Comp...

OBJECTIVE This study examined 2-car crashes including one passenger car and one light truck (van, minivan, pickup truck, or sport utility vehicle) and investigated the likelihood of hospitalization, hospitalization charges, and the likelihood of fatality of an occupant by vehicle type differentiating between passengers and drivers. METHODS We used unique data from Minnesota's Crash Outcome Da...

Recently, the general public in Japan is attaching increasing importance to the wearing of seatbelts by rear seat occupants. Some projects have been launched to have more rear seat occupants wear seatbelts in Japan. The National Agency for Automobile Safety and Victim's Aid (NASVA), for example, conducted a research project to evaluate the effectiveness of wearing a seatbelt based on crash test...

The aim of the FIMCAR project (Frontal Impact Compatibility and Assessment Research; co-funded by the European Commission within the 7 Framework Programme) was to develop and validate a frontal impact assessment approach that considers self and partner protection. Regarding the results of the FIMCAR accident analysis, one major issue of frontal impact compatibility is structural interaction. No...

Background: Motorcyclists are among the most vulnerable groups of road accident victims, who are prone to a growingmortality rate due to the constant rise in the number of accidents. This study was performed to investigate the injurypatterns among motorcyclist trauma patients admitted to Kamyab Hospital, the largest trauma center affiliated withMashhad Univercity of Medical Sc...

Side-impact crashes are often segregated into nearside and far-side crashes because the injury mechanisms in these crash types differ. Most sideimpact research and regulations are based on nearside occupant injuries, but far-side occupants (Figure 1.B) can also incur serious harm. Near-side occupants are those which are situated on the same side as the impacted side of the vehicle (Figure 1.A)....

Since 1 990, Monash University Accident Research Centre has conducted a series of studies to provide consumer advice on the crashworthiness of individual makes and models of Australian passenger cars. Crashworthiness has been defined as the relative safety of a vehicle in preventing severe injury to its driver when involved in a crash. A concept complementary to crashworth iness is vehicle aggr...