CAUSES OF DEATH IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. PART 1

CAUSES DE LA MORT DANS LES ACCIDENT DU TRAFIC

This theme is divided into two parts: (a) deaths due to accidents, and (b) accidents caused by the death of the driver. Part a contains the following papers: motor vehicle accidents and occupational health: the roads meet, Whealey,GM; trend of the care and causes of death in traffic victims in Japan, Nishikawa,S; analytical study of results of 4000 autopsies on traffic accident victims, analysis of causes of death and possible treatments, Nunes,MA and Laires,L; data obtained from autopsies of 1700 people killed in traffic accidents, pribilla,O; a pattern of injuries received in 500 killed drivers and passengers, Hossack,DW; traffic injuries and deaths in a metropolitan area (philadelphia, 1976-1970) Desantis,D and Howard,JM; actiology of traffic deaths - field study, Mackay,QM; causes of deaths in traffic accidents in geneva during the last ten years, Fryc,O; comparison between clinical, surgical and autopsic findings in traffic polytraumatism, Baljozovic,A and Popovic; fatal complications among victims suffering from multiple injuries (autopsies of 200 cases), Krivosic,I, Krivosic-Horber, Haberer,JP and Batzenschlager, A; causes of death in motorway and urban accidents, Patel,A, Got, Pasteyer and Tarriere; interest and necessity for autopsy of victims suffering from skull and brain injuries, Chodkiewicz,JP, Vedrenne,C, Redondo,A and Renier,D; causes of death in cervical vertebrae injuries due to traffic accidents, Probst,Jp pulmonary causes of death in traffic accidents, Beckmann,DC. For the covering abstract of the conference see irrd abstract no.100820. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Institut National de Medecine du Traffic

  15 rue de l'Ecole de Medecine
  Paris,   France 
• Publication Date: 1972-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 50-88
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Institut National de Medecine du Trafic
  • Publisher: Institut National de Medecine du Traffic

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile drivers; Brain; Crash causes; Crash victims; Crashes; Diseases and medical conditions; Drivers; Fatalities; Freeways; Injuries; Occupational safety; Skull; Thorax; Traffic crashes; Urban areas; Vertebrae
• Uncontrolled Terms: Causes; Natural death
• Geographic Terms: Switzerland; United States
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 2030: Brain; 9003: Cause; 2040: Cervical vertebrae; 1772: Driver; 1602: Fatality; 2163: Injury; 2154: Medical aspects; 2752: Motorway; 2021: Skull; 8110: Switzerland; 2083: Thorax; 313: Urban area; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00125045
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Conf Paper
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 18 1975 12:00AM