NON FATAL INJURIES SUSTAINED BY SEATBELT WEARERS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY
The injuries sustained by 969 drivers and front-seat passengers in road-traffic accidents were studied. Altogether 196 (20.2%) of the drivers and passengers were wearing seat belts and 773 (79.8%) were not. The injuries among the two groups differed greatly in both severity and distribution. A total of 54 (27.6%) of the seatbelt wearers sustained one or more fractures compared with 300 (38.8%) of the non-wearers, and 18 (9.2%) of the seatbelt wearers were severely injured compared with 300 (38.8%) of the non-wearers. Soft-tissue injuries to the face were sustained by only 29 (14.8%) of the seatbelt wearers compared with 425 (55%) of the non-wearers. Since wearing seatbelts may become compulsory, the type and pattern of injuries to be expected in wearers should be appreciated.(a) /TRRL/
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Corporate Authors:
British Medical Association
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Authors:
- Christian, M S
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Language
- English
Media Info
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Serial:
- BMJ
- Volume: 2 N
- Issue Number: 6047
- Publisher: British Medical Association
- ISSN: 0959-8138
- Serial URL: http://www.bmj.com/
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Abdomen; Arm; Crash injury research; Crash severity; Crashes; Drivers; Eye; Face; Head; Injuries; Injury severity; Leg; Manual safety belts; Passengers; Spinal column; Thorax; Vehicle occupants; Vertebrae
- Uncontrolled Terms: Use
- ITRD Terms: 2035: Abdomen; 1643: Accident; 2012: Arm (human); 2040: Cervical vertebrae; 1772: Driver; 2011: Face (human); 2163: Injury; 2023: Leg (human); 1476: Safety belt; 1623: Severity (accid, injury); 2041: Spinal column; 2083: Thorax; 9084: Use; 1715: Vehicle occupant; 2066: Vision
- Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00149061
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Jun 22 1977 12:00AM