SUDDEN DEATH ON THE ROAD

DER PLOETZLICHE TOD IM STRASSENVERKEHR

IN ROAD TRAFFIC RESEARCH SUDDEN DEATHS, DUE TO THEIR LOW FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE, PLAY A SECONDARY ROLE. STATISTICS HOWEVER, CONTAIN A FACTOR OF UNCERTAINTY WHICH CANNOT BE ACCURATELY ESTIMATED. VALUES TAKEN FROM POST-MORTEM STATISTICS FOR WEST BERLIN ARE COMPARED WITH THREE FROM THE LITERATURE. HEART AND CIRCULATION ILLNESSES ARE THOSE WHICH CAUSE THE MOST FATAL ACCIDENTS ON THE ROAD. MEN BETWEEN 50 AND 70 YEARS ARE THOSE MOSTLY AFFECTED. IN ALMOST 50 PERCENT OF THE CASES THE DRIVER MANAGED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM COMPREHENSIBLY, FATAL CASES WOULD NEED TO BE STUDIED BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE JOURNEY. ILLNESSES WHICH TEMPORARILY CAUSE LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS PRESENT A PARTICULAR PROBLEM DIAGNOSTICALLY. IN SUCH CASES TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN SUDDEN DEATH AND DEATH FROM INJURIES RECEIVED IN THE ACCIDENT CAN BE DIFFICULT, AS IS THE DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN ALCOHOL AND PRESCRIBED DRUGS AS AN ACCIDENT CAUSE. SPECIAL PROBLEMS ARISE WITH CASES OF DELAYED DEATH. FINALLY THE POSSIBILITY OF SUICIDE AND CRIMES INVOLVING DEATH SHOULD BE CONSIDERED, SUCH AS POISONING. SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO ACCIDENT RESEARCH ARE DISCUSSED.

• Authors:
  • KRAULAND, W
• Publication Date: 1977-11

Language

• German

Media Info

• Pagination: P24
• Serial:
  • 3. INTERNATIONALER VERKEHRS- UND KRAFTFAHRMEDIZINISCHER KONGRESS
  • Publisher: AERZTLICHE KRAFTFAHRVEREINIGUNG OESTERREICHS

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Cardiac disorder; Cardiovascular system; Diseases and medical conditions; Fatalities
• ITRD Terms: 2122: Cardiovascular disease; 2038: Circulation (blood); 1602: Fatality; 2134: Illness; 1746: Old people
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01296586
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Kuratorium für Verkehrssicherheit (KfV)
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Nov 21 2010 5:59AM