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Citation

Charbotel B, Martin JL, Gadegbeku B, Chiron M. Am. J. Epidemiol. 2003; 158(8): 753-759.

Affiliation

UMRETTE - Transport, Work and Environment Epidemiology Research Unit, Lyon, France. barbara.charbotel@rockefeller.univ-lyon1.fr

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, Oxford University Press)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

14561665

Abstract

A study was carried out in 1995-1999 to assess

severity factors for truck drivers' crashes. The authors used data from the

trauma registry of road crash victims of the Rhône region, France.

Several descriptive characteristics of the victims (age, place of residence) and

their crashes (place, time, antagonist, seatbelt wearing) were analyzed. The

injuries of 300 male truck drivers were described by body region, and their

severity was measured by using the injury severity score comparing these drivers

with 9,488 male car drivers (age: 18-67 years). Truck drivers were more

seriously injured than car drivers; the odds ratio was 1.87 (95% confidence

interval: 1.33, 2.63) for having an injury severity score of 9 or more. Limb and

abdominal lesions were more frequent and more serious among truck drivers. The

lack of seatbelt wearing by truck drivers was one of the factors that explained

the particular severity of their injuries; the odds ratio, adjusted for seatbelt

wearing, for truck drivers to be seriously injured was 1.04 (95% confidence

interval: 0.73, 1.47) compared with car drivers. When all of the severity

factors were taken into account, the risk was even lower, but not significantly

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