Public Health Reports (1896-1970) · 1958 · 38 citations · 1 references
Public HealthCriminologyInjury PreventionEpidemiologyOccupational HealthRisk AssessmentInjury Case DefinitionInjury EpidemiologyInjury RiskMotor Vehicle Injury PreventionTraffic Injury PreventionTraffic SafetyCrash Injury MechanismsEpidemiology Of Injury DeathsHighway Patrol OperationsInjury Risk MetricsMotor Vehicle Crash Injury PreventionOccupant Ejection PreventionOccupant Injury AssessmentRoad Traffic Injury Epidemiology
PRIOR to the advent of studies of injuries sustained in automobile crashes, the belief was prevalent that being "thrown clear" of the car during an accident would generally save one's life.As the Automotive Crash Injury Research project of Cornell University Medical College accumulated case histories from the re- ports of trained police and highway patrol in- vestigators, however, it became clear that this supposition was contrary to the evidence.The present study uses data from these re- ports to answer two initial questions: Is the risk of fatal injury greater for those ejected from automobiles in an accident than for those who remain inside?What fatality would be ex- pected for those ejected had they remained in- side the cars?Answers to these questions are applied to data on national fatality figures in order to answer a third question, which is the principal objective
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