When a vehicle becomes a weapon: intentional vehicular assaults in Israel

We have recently witnessed an epidemic of intentional vehicular assaults (IVA) aimed at pedestrians. We hypothesized that IVA are associated with a specific injury pattern and severity.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1186/s13049-016-0338-9
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2017 Gidon Almogy et al. The contents of this paper reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official views or policies of the Transportation Research Board or the National Academy of Sciences.
• Authors:
  • Almogy, Gidon
  • Kedar, Asaf
  • Bala, Miklosh
• Publication Date: 2016

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p 149
• Serial:
  • Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
  • Volume: 24
  • Publisher: Scandinavian Networking Group for Trauma and Emergency Management
  • ISSN: 1757-7241
  • Serial URL: https://sjtrem.biomedcentral.com/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Injuries; Injury severity; International; Motor vehicles; Terrorism; Vehicular homicide; Weapons
• Uncontrolled Terms: Assault; Injury patterns
• Geographic Terms: Israel
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01635414
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 25 2017 1:55PM