2006
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2005.011221
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Motorcycle injuries in a developing country and the vulnerability of riders, passengers, and pedestrians

Abstract: At a Nigerian university hospital, none of the motorcyclists who presented over a 12 month period had been wearing a helmet, and of the eight patients who died, seven had head injuries. Of the five collision types described, the rate of motorcycle-other vehicle collisions was highest at 40.6%, while the motorcycle-pedestrian rate was 23.4%. Measures to prevent these collisions might reduce overall crashes by 64%; in addition, helmet law should be enforced.

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“…Among the RTAs in this study, those in which pedestrians were struck by vehicles were the most common; this differs from other findings in Nigeria, [20][21][22] where motorcycle injuries often predominate.…”
Section: Mechanism Of Injurycontrasting
confidence: 56%
“…Among the RTAs in this study, those in which pedestrians were struck by vehicles were the most common; this differs from other findings in Nigeria, [20][21][22] where motorcycle injuries often predominate.…”
Section: Mechanism Of Injurycontrasting
confidence: 56%
“…Hobi amaçlı motosiklet kullanıcılarının sürüş sırasında koruyucu ekipman kullanmaya özen gös-teren, motosiklet sürüşü konusunda ileri sürüş tekniklerini bilen daha bilinçli olmasına karşın, motosikleti ulaşım aracı olarak kullanan sürücülerin daha bilinçsiz ve koruyucu ekipman kullanmayı ihmal ettiği ifade edilmektedir. [3,4] Cinsiyet açısından değerlendirildiğinde çalışmamızda motosiklet kazalarına bağlı yaralanmalar, morbitide ve mortalite erkek cinsiyette daha fazla görülmektedir. [3,13] Silva ve ark.…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
“…[24] Motosiklet sürücüsü-nün normal bir binek aracı sürücüsüne göre ölüm riskinin 35 kat, yaralanma riskinin 8 kat fazla olduğu bildirilmektedir. [4,27] Sonuç olarak, trafikte korumasız şekilde seyir halinde bulunan motosiklet sürücüleri kaza yapma bakımından yüksek riskli olup, kaza sonrası yüksek oranda kas iskelet sistemi yaralanmalarıyla karşı karşıya gelmektedir. Bu yaralanmalar yaşam boyu devam eden sakatlıklara ve ölümlere neden olabilmektedir.…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
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“…Is vulnerability affected by geometric factors, stiffness, size, speed, momentum or a combination of all of them? 8 . It would seem common sense that stiffness, speed and mass are against the pedestrian, since in this type of collision pedestrians are injured in different levels of severity or, as we will discuss in this research, even death.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%