Citation

Otte D, Kalbe P, Suren EG. Proc. IRCOBI 1981; 9: 148-165.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1981, International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury)

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Abstract

224 accidents of motorized two-wheelers, involving 272 users, documented, reconstructed and analyzed within the framework of a research project by the Federal Highway Department (BAST, Cologne, West-Germany) are the basis of this survey. The project, carried out on the basis of field studies, has existed since 1973 at the Department of Trauma Surgery, Medical School Hannover. It is carried out in co-operation with the Institute of Automotive Engineering, Technical University Berlin. A team of accident surgeons, engineers, and psychologists collect data of traffic accidents. This comprehensive data is collected by direct approach of the accident scene and hospital, immediately after the event of accident. For this purpose special cars, equipped with blue light, radio and sirens, are at the disposal of the team. This data is not available by other means, such as files of the Statistical Federal Office and insurance companies. The methodical advantage is especially noticeable in two-wheeler accidents. They are rarely comprehensively documented by the police.