ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 6

Injury Patterns in Motor Vehicle Fatalities
Siegel, J
Associate professor and research assistant, School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University, MI

Flaster, M
Associate professor and research assistant, School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University, MI

Horowitz, R
Associate pathologist and director of laboratories, E. W. Sparrow Hospital, MI

Maldonado, WE
Associate pathologist and director of laboratories, E. W. Sparrow Hospital, MI

(Received 1 February 1986; accepted 8 April 1986)

Abstract

A retrospective pilot study of motor vehicle incident fatalities was conducted to determine what relationships exist between injuries received by deceased drivers, passengers, and a control population of pedestrians, and some of the environmental factors existing at the time of the incident. A number of correlations were established between the types and locations of injuries received, seat belt use, position of the injured party, and so forth. A study of this type, if performed on a large enough population, could lead to predictive models for the determination of position of the victims within a motor vehicle at the time of a fatal crash, based on a unique clustering of injuries.

Keywords:
pathology and biology, injuries, motor vehicle accidents

Paper ID: JFS12339J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS12339J
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