Characteristics of Side-by-Side Vehicle Crashes and Related Injuries as Determined Using Newspaper Reports from Nine U.S. States

Characteristics of Side-by-Side Vehicle Crashes and Related Injuries as Determined Using Newspaper Reports from Nine U.S. States

Side-by-side (SxS) vehicles have become increasingly popular, but there are few reports on injury epidemiology. Newspaper reports of SxS and all-terrain vehicle (ATV) crashes were analyzed for nine U.S. states from 2009 to 2011, including comparisons between the two vehicle types. Seventy-nine SxS c...

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Veröffentlicht in:Safety (Basel) 2016-04, Vol.2 (2), p.10
Hauptverfasser: Jennissen, Charles A, Harland, Karisa K, Denning, Gerene M
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Age
All terrain vehicles
Emergency medical care
Fatalities
Injuries
Passengers
Quality control
Seat belts
Traffic accidents & safety
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Zusammenfassung:Side-by-side (SxS) vehicles have become increasingly popular, but there are few reports on injury epidemiology. Newspaper reports of SxS and all-terrain vehicle (ATV) crashes were analyzed for nine U.S. states from 2009 to 2011, including comparisons between the two vehicle types. Seventy-nine SxS crashes involving 104 injured victims were identified; three-fourths were males. There was a relatively high percentage of injured passengers (37%), and a higher proportion of female victims were passengers as compared to males (p = 0.015). Children
ISSN:2313-576X
2313-576X
DOI:10.3390/safety2020010