TY - JOUR PY - 1981// TI - A comparison of non-fatal motor vehicle occupant injuries in crash versus non-crash events JO - Proceedings: American Association for Automotive Medicine Annual Conference A1 - Agran, Phyllis F. A1 - Dunkle, D. E. SP - 28 EP - 36 VL - 25 IS - N2 - The paper documents the incidence of non-fatal crash and non- crash events during a nine-month data collection effort in 9 hospital emergency rooms located in one California county. Comparisons of the mechanisms and severity of injuries between crash and non-crash events are described. Subsequent analysis indicates that approximately 15% of the children presenting to emergency rooms with motor vehicle related injuries were involved in non-crash events. Age-related differences between crash and non-crash children were significant in that younger children were primarily involved in the non-crash event. The mechanism producing the injury also differed between crash and non-crash children: while interior impact was the primary injury producing mechanism in both events, a much higher percentage of ejections occurred in the non-crash event (44% versus 4% in the crash event). Severity of injury did not differ significantly between non-fatal crash and non-fatal crash children.

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