EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL FEATURES OF SPINAL-CORD INJURED PEDESTRIANS

Spinal-cord injuries sustained by residents of 18 selected counties of California were reviewed. Sixty-eight individuals were identified as having sustained spinal-cord injuries as pedestrians and details of their accidents and injuries are the subject of this report. The pedestrian is particularly vulnerable to serious or fatal injury when struck by a motor vehicle. The distribution of injuries was surprisingly even, with head, neck, trunk, and extremities all receiving about an equal share. Fatal injuries occurred predominantly in the neck. Severance of the spinal-cord at the base of the skull was the most frequent fatal injury in the cervical area, whereas patients with thoracic spinal-cord injuries quite frequently had ruptures of the heart and aorta. /TRRL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the Meeting on Biomechanics of Injury.
• Corporate Authors:

  IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biokinetics of Impacts)

  109 Avenue Salvador Allende
  Bron CEDEX,   France  F-69675
• Authors:
  • Riggins, R S
  • Kraus, J F
  • Franti, C E
  • Borhani, N O
• Publication Date: 1976-9

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 225-232
• Serial:
  • Publication of: IRCOBI SECRETARIAT
  • Publisher: IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biokinetics of Impacts)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Biophysics; Blood alcohol levels; Classification; Conferences; Crash injury research; Crash severity; Epidemiology; Fatalities; Injuries; Injury severity; Medical examinations and tests; Pedestrians; Spinal column
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Clinical tests
• ITRD Terms: 2060: Biomechanics; 1553: Blood alcohol content; 8513: Classification; 8525: Conference; 1602: Fatality; 2163: Injury; 1733: Pedestrian; 1623: Severity (accid, injury); 2041: Spinal column; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148064
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 2 1977 12:00AM