Citation

Street JT, Winter D, Buckley S, Nicholson P, Twomey A. Injury 1999; 30(5): 337-340.

Affiliation

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Ireland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10505127

Abstract

Road accident trauma is a leading cause of death and serious morbidity among healthy young adults in the developed world. The Irish Republic has the third worst road safety record in the EU. In studying the unique demographics of rural road accidents, our aim was to provide information essential to the future development of trauma care in Ireland. Our figures highlight the inadequacies of data received by the National Roads Authority, illustrate the resource impact of road trauma on a peripheral hospital, and demonstrate the need for similar studies in the rationalisation of trauma care as we approach the next millennium.