HAS THE SAFETY-BELT REPLACED THE HANGMAN'S NOOSE?

The authors briefly describe the lesions sustained by 38 patients admitted to a neurosurgical service between 1970 and 1984. All patients had fractures of the pedicles of c-2. 35 of these patients sustained their injuries in car accidents, three-quarters of which were frontal collisions. 28 of these 35 patients were wearing safety belts, but had no head rest. The remaining 7 were not wearing safety belts. These numbers indicate that the wearing of safety belts without head rests lends itself to this type of injury (TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • Lesoin, F
  • Thomas, C E
  • Lozes, G
  • Villette, L
  • Jomin, M
• Publication Date: 1985-6-8

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 1341
• Serial:
  • The Lancet
  • Issue Number: 8441
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0140-6736
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01406736

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Frontal crashes; Headrests; Injuries; Manual safety belts; Traffic crashes; Vertebrae
• Uncontrolled Terms: Use
• ITRD Terms: 2040: Cervical vertebrae; 1640: Head on collision; 1399: Head restraint; 2163: Injury; 1476: Safety belt; 9084: Use
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00450819
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 2004 9:56PM