MOOSE COLLISIONS AND INJURIES TO CAR OCCUPANTS

Personal injuries caused by collisions with mooses on the road were analyzed within two sets of statistics: 275 collisions, from the official statistics on traffic accidents, and 46 collisions involving fatalities. The injuries were usually caused by the impact of the moose on the windscreen and front part of the roof. The severity of the injuries correlated with the deformation of the cars. Head and neck injuries predominated, especially among the fatalities. Larger animals, higher speeds, and smaller cars were other characteristic features of the fatal accidents. An improvement of the weak structures of the cars such as the frontal roof beam and the windscreen poles would probably be valuable in the prevention of fatalities in moose-car collisions. Other measures to be considered are information to car drivers concerning decreased speeds, especially at dawn and dusk and in the autumn.

  • Supplemental Notes:
    • Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado, October 8-10, 1984.
  • Corporate Authors:

    American Association for Automotive Medicine

    P.O. Box 222
    Morton Grove, IL  United States  60053
  • Authors:
    • BJOERNSTIG, U
    • Bylund, P-O
    • Eriksson, A
    • THORSON, J
  • Conference:
  • Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

  • Features: Figures; References; Tables;
  • Pagination: p. 149-153
  • Monograph Title: PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, DENVER, COLORADO, USA, OCTOBER 8-10, 1984. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00395803
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  • Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
  • Created Date: Jun 30 1985 12:00AM