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Citation |
Ann. Emerg. Med. 2013; 61(6): 703-704. |
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Comment In: |
Ann Emerg Med 2013;61(6):704-6. |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 2013, American College of Emergency Physicians, Publisher Elsevier Publishing) |
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23833775 |
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Abstract |
This Research Note provides updated information on fatalities and injuries among the overall population as well as among children 14 and younger who were involved in “motor vehicle non-crash incidents”. The data on such incidents are obtained by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) through its Not-in-Traffic Surveillance system. These updates reflect non-crash fatality data from 2005 to 2007 and injury estimates in 2011 and 2012. During 2005 through 2007, on average each year 506 persons were killed in non-crash vehicle incidents. The three most frequent reasons for these fatalities were carbon monoxide poisoning from motor vehicle exhaust gas (25%), crushed by a vehicle (25%), and fell from the vehicle (17%). Among children 14 and younger, on average annually, 37 children were killed in non-crash incidents. About 51 percent of them died due to vehicle-related heat stroke or hyperthermia from extreme heat. During 2011 and 2012, an estimated 647,000 persons were injured annually in non-crash incidents involving motor vehicles. The three most frequent injury mechanisms were from being struck by a vehicle part such as vehicle door, trunk lid, etc., or by striking a vehicle (32%), fall while entering or exiting a vehicle (23%), and overexertion such as while unloading cargo from a trunk or the bed of a pickup truck (11%). During 2011 and 2012, an estimated 95,000 injuries occurred annually to children 14 and younger. The three most frequent injury mechanisms for children were closing doors (48%), falls while entering or exiting vehicles (11%), and falls from exteriors of vehicles (8%). Language: en |