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Developments in the prevention of road injuries
Injury, 1979Selected studies of road injury causation since 1960 are reviewed together with corresponding methods of prevention. British road accident deaths have remained relatively low in spite of greatly increased numbers of vehicles. Though not the only factors, improvements in car design and in safety equipment of vehicles have contributed to injury ...
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Injury, 1970
Of the 4342 admissions of road accident cases to the Birmingham Accident Hospital in 1961, 1268 were admitted as in-patients, about half of these were short-stay cases and about one-quarter severe cases requiring intensive care. Of the in-patients, about one-quarter were pedestrians, and motor-cyclists ⋆ and car occupants accounted for one-half ...
W. Gissane, J. Bull, Barbara Roberts
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Of the 4342 admissions of road accident cases to the Birmingham Accident Hospital in 1961, 1268 were admitted as in-patients, about half of these were short-stay cases and about one-quarter severe cases requiring intensive care. Of the in-patients, about one-quarter were pedestrians, and motor-cyclists ⋆ and car occupants accounted for one-half ...
W. Gissane, J. Bull, Barbara Roberts
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According to the World Health Organization, road traffic crashes account for more than a million deaths per year, with 20–50 times more individuals suffering from non-fatal injuries, frequently resulting in disability. As such, the evaluation of traumatic injuries sustained in road traffic incidents is very common in general daily forensic pathology ...
Marianne Tiemensma, Andrew Scott Reid
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Marianne Tiemensma, Andrew Scott Reid
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Road traffic injuries in the province of Grosseto
Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene, 2007Introduction. Road traffic injuries constitute a major public health issue. The Province of Grosseto is one of the territories most affected in the Region of Tuscany. The objective of the study, part of the Road Safety Provincial Council?s project, is to describe the epidemiology of the road accidents in order to contribute to the reduction of the ...
M A, Martiello +7 more
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Injuries Associated with Strenuous Road Marching
Military Medicine, 1992Injuries were recorded during and up to 12 days after a maximal effort road march. Light infantry soldiers (N = 335) carried a total load of 46 kg over a 20 km course. Twenty-four percent of the soldiers suffered one or more injuries, resulting in 44 days of limited duty. All injuries involved the lower extremities and/or the back.
J, Knapik +4 more
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Road traffic injuries in conflict areas
Injury Prevention, 2013The United Nations (UN) has proclaimed the years 2011–2020 as the Decade of Action for Road Safety.1 The related public health actions are of particular importance to those living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).2 These actions are more focused on highly populated LMICs where development needs have been leading to increased motorisation ...
Luis Manuel Rosa, Sosa, Junaid A, Bhatti
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Injury to the Elderly in Road Traffic Accidents
The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 1989It is widely accepted that the elderly are more vulnerable to trauma than other groups. We examined our records of more than 6,000 accident cases, 312 over 65 years of age, and found that not only were older people more likely to sustain more serious injury in any given accident, but that the risk of life was significantly greater for a given injury ...
G F, McCoy, R A, Johnston, R B, Duthie
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Injury on the Road and in the Air
1986Patterns of injury are changing continuously as man devises new modes of transport, new firearms and other injurious devices. Seat-belt legislation has significantly reduced the mortality and morbidity from head injury to the occupants of vehicles1. However, the motorcycle continues to exert a constant toll of death amongst young men.
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Eye injuries in road traffic accidents
Injury, 1973Summary Sixty-four cases of road traffic accidents with eye injury were seen between January, 1966 and April, 1971. Fifty-one of these cases were studied in detail. Most of the accidents involved frontal collision with another vehicle and produced eye injuries to the unbelted driver or the front seat passenger.
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