MOTOR-CAR ACCIDENTS DURING PREGNANCY

Motor-car accidents in the State of Victoria in the years 1973 to 1975 inclusive resulted in five maternal and 27 fetal deaths. Severe maternal injury only occurred in women not wearing seat belts; however, fetal death may well have been due to seat belt injury in 14 subjects. The commonest genital tract injury was placental abruption. However, uterine rupture was observed on three occasions and these cases are described in detail. /TRRL/

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  Australian Medical Publishing Company, Limited

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• Authors:
  • Pepperell, R J
  • Rubinstein, E
  • Macisaac, I A
• Publication Date: 1977-2-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 203-205
• Serial:
  • Medical Journal of Australia
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Australasian Medical Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0025-729X
  • Serial URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/13265377

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crashes; Fatalities; Females; Fetus; Injuries; Manual safety belts; Pregnant women; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 8006: Australia; 2163: Injury; 2026: Pregnancy; 1476: Safety belt; 2043: Viscera; 1788: Woman
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I84: Personal Injuries; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00164312
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 13 1978 12:00AM