Characteristics of Side-by-Side Vehicle Crashes and Related Injuries as Determined Using Newspaper Reports from Nine U.S. States

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• Personal Author:
  Denning GM ; Harland KK ; Jennissen CA
• Description:
  Side-by-side (SxS) vehicles have become increasingly popular, but there are few reports on injury epidemiology. Newspaper reports of SxS and all-terrain vehicle (ATV) crashes were analyzed for nine U.S. states from 2009 to 2011, including comparisons between the two vehicle types. Seventy-nine SxS crashes involving 104 injured victims were identified; three-fourths were males. There was a relatively high percentage of injured passengers (37%), and a higher proportion of female victims were passengers as compared to males (p = 0.015). Children <16 years of age were 44% of those injured and had the highest proportion of both passenger and operator victims as compared to other age groups. Over half of the crashes occurred on roadways; nearly two-fifths occurred at night. As compared to adults, a lower percentage of crashes involving youth were at night (p = 0.0037) but the percentages on roadways were similar. Only one in five roadway SxS crashes involved a collision with a motorized vehicle. Rollovers were the most common mechanism (50%). Two-thirds of victims were ejected, and one-half were struck or pinned by the vehicle. Twenty-eight deaths (27%) were reported. Although most current SxSs have roll bars, lack of safety belt use has likely reduced their benefit. Children should be prohibited from operating SxSs. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Cumulative Trauma Disorders Ergonomics Mining Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Staff Development

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• Keywords:
  Accident Analysis All-terrain Vehicle Author Keywords: Side-by-side Vehicle Children Crash Drivers Epidemiology Equipment Design Fatalities Injury Prevention Mortality Studies Motor Vehicles Pediatric Recreational Off-road Vehicle Roadway Rollover Safety Surveillance Traumatic Injuries Utility Task Vehicle Vehicle Safety

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• ISSN:
  2313-576X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  10
• Volume:
  2
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052382
• Citation:
  Safety 2016 Jun; 2(2):10
• Contact Point Address:
  Charles A. Jennissen, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
• Email:
  charles-jennissen@uiowa.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa, Iowa City
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Safety
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cab33a0f93bf339046c3398c3a2107c07bb9e3862b4595b0647242b4e2a831c4015fb3656d7520312fec3acb415ddaa2806c3927b4f1af110e75116563467b74
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/211914/cdc_211914_DS1.pdf
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