TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Injury pattern in fatal automobile accident passengers due to rear-end collisions
JO  - Archiv für Kriminologie
A1  - Nadjem, Hadi
A1  - Ropohl, Dirk
A1  - Pollak, Stefan
SP  - 138
EP  - 146
VL  - 205
IS  - 5-6
N2  - The article reports on the injury pattern seen in fatally wounded car passengers after rear-end collisions on motorways. The study material included 5 rear-end collisions, in which 9 car occupants (5 drivers and 4 front-seat passengers) were killed. The change in velocity (delta v) was above 60 km/h in all the reported cases. The injury pattern showed the following characteristics: extensive soft-tissue traumatization (subcutaneous haematomas, blood-filled pockets, "décollements") not discernible from outside on the back of the trunk, mostly in the lumbosacral region; dorsal serial rib fractures, often combined with fractures of the spine (including the sacrum and the coccyx) and/or the pelvis; ruptures of the aorta at the typical sites of predisposition; ruptures of the liver and spleen (particularly at the visceral surfaces).<p />  <p>Language: de</p>
LA  - de
SN  - 0003-9225
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -