CASE REPORT OF TWO FATAL LOWER EXTREMITY INJURIES BY SLOW MOVING DUST CARTS

The use of slow-moving trucks in household refuse collection is an integral part of everyday life. Current practice of collection involves a group of loaders collecting and loading refuse onto a slow moving truck. Two deaths are reported resulting from low velocity, high energy collisions from slow moving dust carts. The potential risk these vehicles pose especially whilst working in residential areas is commonly not recognized. Pedestrians, in particular, the elderly and the young, are at risk from this type of accident. These two cases supported by Department of Transport figures suggest a further target for injury prevention, by improving the visibility of such vehicles.

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• Corporate Authors:

  International Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine

  Huddinge University Hospital Center, Traffic Medicine Center
  Stockholm,   Sweden  141 86
• Authors:
  • WONG, CKM
  • Evans, Robin J
  • RICHMOND, P W
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 41-3
• Serial:
  • Journal of traffic medicine
  • Volume: 25
  • Issue Number: 1-2
  • Publisher: International Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine
  • ISSN: 0345-5564

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crashes; Prevention; Safety; Slow moving vehicles; Trucks; Visibility
• ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 1631: Collision; 1236: Lorry; 1802: Slow driving; 6783: Visibility
• Subject Areas: Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00740227
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Sep 26 1997 12:00AM