INTER-CRANIAL INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH UNCONSCIOUSNESS IN TWO-WHEELER ACCIDENTS
In France, in traffic accidents one fourth of fatalities and one third of the severely injured involve two-wheelers. Among these, motor-cycles represent three-fourths and bicycles one fourth as concerns fatalities and respectively 5/6 and 1/6 as concerns severely injured. Head injuries are the most severe and constitute the major cause of death. This paper analyzes 39 cases of traumatic coma subsequent to two-wheel accidents; 20 two-wheelers were helmeted and 19 were not. All the patients were admitted to the neurological intensive care unit of the neurological hospital in Lyons. For the covering abstract of the conference see TRIS 393117. (TRRL)
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Supplemental Notes:
- This paper was presented during the Proceedings of the 1984 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impacts, Delft, the Netherlands, 4, 5, 6 September 1984.
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Corporate Authors:
IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biokinetics of Impacts)
109 Avenue Salvador Allende
Bron CEDEX, France F-69675 -
Authors:
- CHAPON, A
- Dedoyan, A
- VERRIEST, J P
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1984
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 111-127
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Conferences; Crash rates; Crashes; Cyclists; Fatalities; Head; Helmets; Injuries; Injury severity; Motorcyclists; Protective clothing; Skull; Traffic crashes
- Uncontrolled Terms: Severity
- Geographic Terms: France
- Old TRIS Terms: Unconsciousness
- ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1612: Accident rate; 8525: Conference; 1687: Crash helmet; 1742: Cyclist; 1602: Fatality; 8036: France; 2163: Injury; 1752: Motorcyclist; 1623: Severity (accid, injury); 2021: Skull
- Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I84: Personal Injuries;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00393127
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Jun 30 1985 12:00AM