Journal article
The Effect of Passengers on All-Terrain Vehicle Crash Mechanisms and Injuries
Safety (Basel), Vol.2(1), p.1
03/01/2016
DOI: 10.3390/safety2010001
Abstract
Traditional all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) are designed for single riders. Although carrying passengers is a known risk factor for injury, how passengers contribute to ATV crashes remains poorly understood. To address this question, we performed a retrospective chart review of ATV crash victims at a U.S. trauma center (2002-2013). Of 537 cases, 20% were passengers or drivers with passengers. The odds of backward rollovers, falls/ejections, crashes on sloped terrain, and collisions with motorized vehicles were all significantly greater when passengers were present. In contrast, the odds of self-ejection or falls/ejections over the handlebars were significantly lower than falls/ejections to the side or rear, in crashes with multiple riders. Among all ejections, self-ejections had the lowest head and highest extremity injury scores and being ejected over the handlebars or to the rear resulted in worse head injury scores than being ejected to the side. In summary, our study found that passengers increased the odds of specific crash and injury mechanisms and that head and extremity injury severity varied by ejection type. Safety interventions including seat design changes that prevent carrying passengers, and a strict, well-enforced no-rider rule are needed to effectively prevent passenger-related deaths and injuries.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Effect of Passengers on All-Terrain Vehicle Crash Mechanisms and Injuries
- Creators
- Charles A. Jennissen - Univ Iowa, Dept Emergency Med, Carver Coll Med, 200 Hawkins Dr,1008 RCP, Iowa City, IA 52242 USAKarisa K. Harland - Univ Iowa Hosp & Clin, Dept Emergency Med, 200 Hawkins Dr,1008 RCP, Iowa City, IA 52242 USAKristel M. Wetjen - Univ Iowa, Childrens Hosp, Div Pediat Surg, Dept Surg, 200 Hawkins Dr,2964 JCP, Iowa City, IA 52242 USAGerene M. Denning - Univ Iowa Hosp & Clin, Dept Emergency Med, 200 Hawkins Dr,1008 RCP, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Safety (Basel), Vol.2(1), p.1
- DOI
- 10.3390/safety2010001
- ISSN
- 2313-576X
- eISSN
- 2313-576X
- Publisher
- Mdpi
- Number of pages
- 12
- Grant note
- Carver College of Medicine University of Iowa Department of Emergency Medicine
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/2016
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Epidemiology; Emergency Medicine; Injury Prevention Research Center; Law Faculty
- Record Identifier
- 9984297136602771
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