Wheelchair Users Injuries and Deaths Associated with Motor Vehicle RelatedIncidents

摘要

NHTSA's National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA) recently examined datafrom the Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC) National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) on cases of injuries or death to wheelchair users involving motor vehicles that occurred during the period 1991-1995. Data on the non-crash related activity associated with the injury or death to wheelchair users, e.g., lift malfunction or improper wheelchair securement within the motor vehicle, were examined to determine the extent to which improper securement and or related actions were involved in the injury or death. NEISS data on persons treated in hospital emergency rooms for these injuries were examined to determine the action or activity involved in producing the injury or death; if injured, the diagnosis of the injury and the severity; the body region with the most severe injury; and the age of the injured person.