More Fatal All-Terrain Vehicle Crashes Occur on the Roadway than Off: Increased Risk-Taking Characterises Roadway Fatalities

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• Personal Author:
  Denning GM ; Ellis DG ; Harland KK ; Jennissen CA
• Description:
  Background: All-terrain vehicles (ATVs) have steadily increased in popularity, size and speed, characteristics that likely contribute to the alarming rise in ATV-related fatalities. One potentially high-risk activity is riding on the road. Objectives: To compare fatal ATV crashes that occur on the roadway and off, to more fully understand factors that contribute to fatalities at each location. Methods: Fatality data from the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) were used for descriptive and comparative analyses. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to determine relative risk. Results: Over 60% of all fatalities (1985-2009) resulted from roadway crashes. After 1998, roadway fatalities increased at over twice the rate of off-road fatalities. Roadway crashes were more likely than off-road crashes to involve multiple fatalities, carrying passengers, alcohol use, collisions and head injuries. Roadway victims were less likely to be helmeted than off-road victims. Passengers and operators with passengers were also less likely to be helmeted than operators riding alone. Helmeted victims were half as likely to suffer a head injury. Conclusions: Fatal roadway crashes were more likely than off-road crashes to involve risk-taking behaviours (eg, carrying passengers) that could exacerbate the inherent difficulty of operating ATVs on roadway surfaces. Higher crash forces from greater speed, and lower use of protective equipment, may also have contributed to higher roadway mortality rates. Eliminating non-essential ATV road use may be an effective way to reduce ATV-related fatalities. This will likely require a substantial investment in rider education and better enforcement of ATV road use restriction laws. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Automobiles Behavior Construction Industry Mortality Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident Analysis Accident Rates Accidents Accident Statistics Behavior Patterns Data Processing Drivers Fatalities Force Head Injuries Humans Information Retrieval Systems Injuries Injury Prevention Mortality Data Mortality Rates Mortality Studies Motor Vehicles Protective Equipment Regression Analysis Risk Analysis Risk Factors Road Surfacing Safety Helmets Surveillance Traumatic Injuries

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• ISSN:
  1353-8047
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• 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:
  250-256
• Volume:
  19
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062250
• Citation:
  Inj Prev 2013 Aug; 19(4):250-256
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr Gerene Denning, Department of Emergency Medicine, 1008 Roy Carver Pavilion, University of Iowa, Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
• Email:
  gerene-denning@uiowa.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Injury Prevention
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1e30abde2e1c73ee8126089934b5cda5ca9890e33077ab01487d5a99929bec0d48669bef7a43d6554e656d1eec6e1036658878c4ed447dd056055d4525eb27c3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/225537/cdc_225537_DS1.pdf
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