Occupant Injury in Motor Vehicle Collisions: Using Field Accident Data from Multiple Sources

2009-01-0394

04/20/2009

Event
SAE World Congress & Exhibition
Authors Abstract
Content
Review of field accident data is an important tool in understanding injuries in motor vehicle crashes (MVCs). Multiple databases are available that contain information about traffic-related traumatic injuries, many of which are not commonly used in traffic injury research. This work discusses some databases commonly used to evaluate field accident data and introduces additional databases (primarily hospital, medical, and trauma) that include traffic-related injuries. These data represent a new source of information about MVC traumas and often contain additional health information. The strengths and limitations of each database for evaluating vehicular injuries are compared and discussed.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2009-01-0394
Pages
12
Citation
Moore, T., Fisher, J., Heller, M., Lau, E. et al., "Occupant Injury in Motor Vehicle Collisions: Using Field Accident Data from Multiple Sources," SAE Technical Paper 2009-01-0394, 2009, https://doi.org/10.4271/2009-01-0394.
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Published
Apr 20, 2009
Product Code
2009-01-0394
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English