SEAT BELT SYNDROME: AN EXAMINATION OF PATTERNS OF INJURY ASSOCIATED WITH SEAT BELT USE
A trauma registry database containing 8473 patients age 10 or greater injured in automobile crashes was evaluated to determine the risk of certain patterns of injury associated with wearing seat belts as compared to the risk of not wearing seat belts. Categories studied were vehicle drivers, front seat passengers, and rear seat occoupants and belted and unbelted patients. Analyses were done of 2062 individual ICD-9-CM codes to identify diagnoses that occurred at a rate significantly greater for belted occupants than for non-belted occupants. Analyses were also made of injuries by AIS body region and severity in belted and non-belted occupants. No discernable pattern of excess injury was found in the analysis of individual ICD codes. A pattern of minor and moderate injury (AIS levels 2 and 3) was found from the analysis of AIS regions and severities. Odds ratios calculated demonstrated that the unbelted occupant is at greater risk of injury than the belted occupant for all seating positions. (A) For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 873507.
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Corporate Authors:
ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE (AAAM)
2350 EAST DEVON AVENUE, SUITE 205
DES PLAINES, United States 60018 -
Authors:
- COOPER, K D
- PROCTOR, S M
- Ragland, D R
- Barkan, H
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1994
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 11-23
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Classification; Conferences; Crash severity; Data collection; Hazards; Injuries; Injury severity; Location; Manual safety belts; Vehicle occupants
- Uncontrolled Terms: Use
- Geographic Terms: United States
- ITRD Terms: 8513: Classification; 8525: Conference; 8623: Data acquisition; 2163: Injury; 9061: Location; 9150: Risk; 1476: Safety belt; 1623: Severity (accid, injury); 8122: USA; 9084: Use; 1715: Vehicle occupant
- Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00714303
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
- Files: ITRD, ATRI
- Created Date: Dec 27 1995 12:00AM