Jeon HJ, Kim SC, Shin JH, Jeong JY, Lee KH, Lee HY, Kim HJ. Traffic Injury Prev. 2017; 18(8): 839-844.
Affiliation
g Department of Emergency Medicine , Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine Bucheon Hospital , 170 Jomaru-ro, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do 14584 , South Korea , E-mail: khj995375@naver.com.
OBJECTIVES: Truck vehicles (TVs) have a different structure and stiffness from non-TV and are used commercially for transporting goods. This study aimed to analyze whether truck occupants have a greater risk of serious injury than those of other types of vehicles.
METHODS: Crash data were obtained from the Korean In-depth Data Analysis Study (KIDAS) for calendar years 2011-2016. Vehicles involved in frontal crash were included and classified into TVs and non-TVs (passenger cars and sports utility vehicles). We compared the demographic characteristics and serious injuries by body region between the two groups and analyzed factors that contributed to the serious injury severity from frontal crashes.
RESULTS: The analysis was based on 884 occupants, 177 (20.0%) were in TV and 707 (80.0%) were in non-TV. Non-TVs had more frontal airbags deployments than TVs (50.9% vs. 3.4%, p <0.01). TV occupants were 4.8 times more likely to have a serious LE injury (adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 4.820; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.407-9.653) and 2.5 times to have a serious abdominal injury (AOR, 2.465; 95% CI, 1.108-5.487) compared with non-TV occupants.
CONCLUSIONS: Truck occupants had more serious LE and abdominal injuries than those of other types of vehicles in frontal crashes. Structural improvement and legislative efforts to develop safety systems are necessary to improve the safety of truck occupants.
Language: en
Keywords
Abbreviated Injury Scale; Abdominal Injuries; Leg Injuries; Traffic Accident; Trucks