TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY EPILEPSY

During a 10 year period, 203 traffic accidents were suspected of being caused by epilepsy; 155 of them definitely caused by seizures were selected for study. The seizures of 75% were psychomotor; in 12% the seizure was the first. Traffic accidents due to epilepsy were less serious than the average accident. They involved another vehicle much less often, and they occurred more often outside rather than inside built up areas. Accidents caused by epilepsy were rare: 1/10,000 in the 10 year period. The characteristic features of the traffic accident due to epilepsy may be due to the random occurrence of seizures in traffic, and to the seizure suppressing effect of increased vigilance in city traffic. /Author/

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• Corporate Authors:

  International League Against Epilepsy

  Elsevier Publishing Company, Box 211
  Amsterdam,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Van Der Lugt, P J
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 747-751
• Serial:
  • Epilepsia
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishers Limited
  • ISSN: 0013-9580
  • EISSN: 1528-1167
  • Serial URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15281167

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash causes; Crash severity; Epilepsy; Stress (Psychology); Traffic crashes
• Old TRIS Terms: Psychomotor stress
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148741
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Safety Council
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 11 1977 12:00AM