PURPOSE Seatbelt use during pregnancy is important to improve maternal and fetal survival after motor vehicle collisions. However, because the rear seatbelt of a motor vehicle tends to make contact with the neck, even if it is adequately used, some pregnant women sitting in the rear seat opt not to fasten the belt. The purpose of this study is to explore seatbelt-neck contact for pregnant women...

conclusions some factors seem to play a very important role in seatbelt and helmet use; these should be taken into consideration by policymakers. patients and methods this questionnaire-based, cross-sectional study was a part of the national survey including 1,000 respondents in 2008 - 2010. after compilation of the collected data, analysis was carried out using spss version 11.5. in all calcul...

OBJECTIVE To observe pupil behaviour on school buses in Israel and identify hazards as a basis for improving school bus safety. METHODS Data on student, bus driver and chaperone behaviours and on hazards associated with school buses, bus loading zones and bus stops were collected during an observational study conducted on school buses in rural communities in Israel. This report focuses on obs...

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 introduction of seatbelts to legislation has dramatically reduced mortality and morbidity from motor vehicle accidents. However, overtime evidence has emerged of 'seatbelt syndrome' (SBS), particularly in the paediatric population. The report describes the diagnosis and management of this rare injury in a 12-year-old boy who sustained a chance lumbar fracture and mesenteric tear resulting i...

with the introduction of the use of seatbelts in cars, mortality following motor vehicle crashes has decreased significantly. however, two patterns of injuries, the ‘seatbelt sign’ and ‘seatbelt syndrome’ have emerged. injuries may consist of traumatic abdominal wall disruption. we present two cases of severe abdominal wall disruption caused by a seatbelt injury and treated with primary repair....

Seatbelt legalisation was implemented in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in January 1999. This provided the opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of the legislation in the Eastern District of Abu Dhabi Emirate in the UAE by establishing levels of injury severity from motor vehicle crashes (MVC) before and after the legislation and the rate of compliance with the legislation. Data were obtain...