@article{ref1,
title="Not-in-traffic surveillance: non-crash fatalities and injuries",
journal="Traffic safety facts: research note",
year="2015",
author="Subramanian, Rajesh and Stern, Seymour and Singh, Santokh",
volume="2015",
number="",
pages="6-6",
abstract="DOT HS 812 120  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 &quot;motor vehicle non-crash incidents&quot;. 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%).   KW: Hyperthermia in automobiles<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}