INJURIES RELATED TO CAR CRIME: THE JOY-RIDING EPIDEMIC
'Joy-riding' is the term used, somewhat inappropriately, for the offence of taking a vehicle without the owner's consent. In certain areas, mainly deprived inner-city estates, there has been an increase in this crime. The aim of this study was to investigate its impact on the workload of an inner-city teaching hospital's busy accident and orthopaedic departments. In this prospective study, all patients admitted to hospital as a result of road-traffic accidents (RTAs) were identified during a 9 month period. A total of 1576 patients were admitted to the trauma unit. One hundred and fifty-two admissions were as a result of RTA and 20 (13 per cent) of these patients had injuries as a result of car crime. Of this group, eight were severely injured (ISS > 16) and six of these were innocent bystanders. Three patients (one joy-rider and two innocent bystanders) died as a result of car crime. The average length of hospital stay was 12 days (1-62 days) and the hospital in-patient costs were estimated to be at least 5200 pounds per patient. Injuries related to car crime results in a significant amount of work and financial cost to the National Health Service. (A)
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Authors:
- Marshall, C
- BOYD, K T
- MORAN, C G
- Publication Date: 1996-3
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 79-80
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Serial:
- Injury
- Volume: 27
- Issue Number: 2
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 0020-1383
- EISSN: 1879-0267
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00201383
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Age; Automobiles; Behavior; Crashes; Drivers; Injuries; Offenders
- ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1757: Age; 9001: Behaviour; 1243: Car; 1772: Driver; 2163: Injury; 1508: Offender
- Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00722440
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Jun 28 1996 12:00AM