ACCIDENTS AND TRAVEL

This paper considers the hazards of getting to and from one's destination: the subject of accidents occurring as part of a holiday is too broad for present consideration. The symposium is mainly concerned with travel abroad but, since one has to reach the definitive means of travel, the epidemiology of road traffic accidents is first considered. An unusually optimistic view is taken of the current position as regards fatalities. Emphasis is placed on the importance of recent legislation in the prevention of injury. Overall, the chances of being killed on the roads are now not much greater than those of suffering an accidental death in the home. The effect of alcohol and common drugs on the holiday motorist are discussed and mention is made of the hazards of carbon monoxide poisoning. Death and injury due to travel by boat or train is so unusual as to eliminate them from useful discussion and most interest probably centres on the accidental hazards of air travel.

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  International Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine

  Huddinge University Hospital Center, Traffic Medicine Center
  Stockholm,   Sweden  141 86
• Authors:
  • Mason, J K
• Publication Date: 1983-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 12-15
• Serial:
  • Journal of traffic medicine
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: International Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine
  • ISSN: 0345-5564

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air transportation; Alcohols; Alternatives analysis; Crashes; Drugs; Drunk driving; Epidemiology; Fatalities; Hazards; Highway transportation; Holes; Households; Risk assessment; Traffic crashes
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00379749
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-035 064
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 30 1983 12:00AM