WOULD A CRASH HELMET HAVE PREVENTED DEATH? FORENSIC MEDICAL ANALYSIS OF 188 FATAL MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS

Over half died of craniocerebral injury, a third died of other injuries. In 13% the injuries were combined, but either would have been fatal. Half of the half who died should have survived the accident if they had worn an appropriate crash helmet. /Author/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This article originally appeared in Zeitschrift fur Rechtsmedizin, Volume 75, pp 235-239.
• Corporate Authors:

  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

  428 East Preston Street
  Baltimore, MD  United States  21202
• Authors:
  • Reich, H
  • Dalgaard, J B
• Publication Date: 1977-3

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 259
• Serial:
  • Journal of Trauma, Injury, Infection and Critical Care
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
  • ISSN: 0022-5282

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Brain; Fatalities; Helmets; Motorcyclists; Prevention; Safety
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00165142
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Safety Council Safety Research Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 7 1978 12:00AM