Analysis on injuries of drivers and passengers in motorcycle traffic accidents in Chongqing area
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8348.2017.22.025
- VernacularTitle:重庆地区摩托车事故中驾乘人员伤害分析
- Author:
Jinlong QIU
;
Kui LI
;
Sen SU
;
Wenjun LIU
;
Zhiyong YIN
- Keywords:
motorcycle;
death cause;
traffic accidents;
injury characteristics
- From:
Chongqing Medicine
2017;46(22):3103-3105
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the characteristics of personal injuries in motorcycle accidents in Chongqing area to provide the reliable information and reference basis for reducing the injury and death risk of the motorcycle accidents.Methods Two hundreds and thirteen cases of motorcycle traffic accident occurred in Chongqing area from January 2015 to June 2016 were deeply collected,the collected contents included the basicinformation,driver information and personal injury,etc.Then accident data were statistically analyzed.Results The death rate of motorcycle drivers was higher than that of the pillion passengers.The death causes of craniocerebral injuries and craniocerebral injuries complicating thoracic and abdominal organ injuries accounted for 58.8％ and 20 ％ respectively,the proportions of head and neck,chest and back,lower extremity,upper extremity,abdominal and pelvic part and perineal part MAIS ≥2 were 71％,59％,33％,25％,20％ and 7％ respectively.The perineal injury rate of motorcycle drivers was higher than that of the pillion passengers.The ratio of occurrence rates between lower extremity fracture to upper extremity fracture was 1.8 ∶ 1,the persons in motorcycles-trucks accidents were easier to suffer from vehicle crushing.Conclusion Head and chest injuries are important causes leading to motorcycle drivers and pillion passengers' death and injury.The perineal injury can serve as an important basis for identifying the drivers and pillion passengers in partial motorcycle accidents.
