HEAD INJURIES TO MOTOR VEHICLE OCCUPANTS AGED 0-5 YEARS

Data from the National Automotive Sampling System (NASS) indicate that while injuries to children younger than 5 years are infrequent, the injury distribution for these children is shifted towards more serious injuries and that head injuries are relatively more common. Among 236 children aged 0-4 years who sustained head injuries with Abbreviated Injury Scale values greater than or equal to 1 identified from the NASS database for the years 1993-1995, infants were at significantly higher risk of skull fracture (OR 3.7, 95% CI: 2,16, 6.4) and intracranial injury (OR 2.6 (95% CI:1,4, 4.8) compared to children aged 1-4 years. Unrestrained children of all ages also expereinced a higher risk of intracranial injury than their restrained counterparts. Even after adjusting for restraint use, the odds of skull fracture for infants was approximately 4 times greater than that for children aged 1-4 years. (A) For the covering abstract see IRRD E103621.

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• Authors:
  • GOTSCHALL, C S
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 17-27
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  • CHILD OCCUPANT PROTECTION IN MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES - TO BE HELD AT THE MELIA GRAN SITGES HOTEL, PORT D'AIGUADOLC, SITGES, BARCELONA, SPAIN ON 22 SEPTEMBER 1999
  • Publisher: PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING PUBLICATIONS LTD

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Brain; Children; Fatalities; Fractures (Anatomy); Head; Infants; Injuries; Manual safety belts; Skull; Vehicles
• ITRD Terms: 1757: Age; 2030: Brain; 1758: Child; 1602: Fatality; 2161: Fracture (bone); 1768: Infant; 2163: Injury; 1476: Safety belt; 2021: Skull; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00781405
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 1-86058-240-0
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jan 7 2000 12:00AM