Journal article
Characteristics of Side-by-Side Vehicle Crashes and Related Injuries as Determined Using Newspaper Reports from Nine U.S. States
Safety (Basel), Vol.2(2), p.10
06/01/2016
DOI: 10.3390/safety2020010
PMCID: PMC9380433
PMID: 35979514
Abstract
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 <16 years of age were 44% of those injured and had the highest proportion of both passenger and operator victims as compared to other age groups. Over half of the crashes occurred on roadways; nearly two-fifths occurred at night. As compared to adults, a lower percentage of crashes involving youth were at night (p = 0.0037) but the percentages on roadways were similar. Only one in five roadway SxS crashes involved a collision with a motorized vehicle. Rollovers were the most common mechanism (50%). Two-thirds of victims were ejected, and one-half were struck or pinned by the vehicle. Twenty-eight deaths (27%) were reported. Although most current SxSs have roll bars, lack of safety belt use has likely reduced their benefit. Children should be prohibited from operating SxSs.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Characteristics of Side-by-Side Vehicle Crashes and Related Injuries as Determined Using Newspaper Reports from Nine U.S. States
- Creators
- Charles A. Jennissen - University of IowaKarisa K. Harland - University of IowaGerene M. Denning - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Safety (Basel), Vol.2(2), p.10
- DOI
- 10.3390/safety2020010
- PMID
- 35979514
- PMCID
- PMC9380433
- NLM abbreviation
- Safety (Basel)
- ISSN
- 2313-576X
- eISSN
- 2313-576X
- Publisher
- Mdpi
- Number of pages
- 12
- Grant note
- University of Iowa, Department of Emergency Medicine U54OH007548 / CDC/NIOSH Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health U60OH008460 / Iowa Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program/Iowa Department of Public Health
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/01/2016
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Epidemiology; Emergency Medicine; Injury Prevention Research Center; Law Faculty
- Record Identifier
- 9984296974002771
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