THE MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT: A GROWING PROBLEM

DURING 1968, 3,780 MOTORCYCLES WERE REGISTERED IN MONROE COUNTY, NEW YORK; AT LEAST 207 OPERATORS AND 19 PASSENGERS WERE INVOLVED IN PERSONAL INJURY ACCIDENTS, INCLUDING FIVE FATALITIES. MANY FACTORS CAUSED OR CONTRIBUT*ED TO THE ACCIDENTS, ACCORDING TO POLICE REPORTS. STATISTICS ON CAUSES, OPERQTOR'S CHARACTERISTICS, KINDS OF INJURIES, AND MOTORCYCLE INVOLVE YOUNG, HEALTHY PEOPLE - AND MANY SCAR THEM FOR LIFE - URGENT MEASURES OF PREVENTION ARE ESSENTIAL. /HSL/

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• Authors:
  • Clark, D W
  • Morton, J H
• Publication Date: 1971-3

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 230-7
• Serial:
  • Journal of Trauma, Injury, Infection and Critical Care
  • Volume: 11
  • Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
  • ISSN: 0022-5282

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Crash causes; Crashes; Fatalities; Helmets; Injuries; Motorcycles
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223819
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 3 1972 12:00AM