Wheelchair User Injuries and Deaths Associated with Motor Vehicle Related Incidents

doi:10.21949/1403170

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Wheelchair User Injuries and Deaths Associated with Motor Vehicle Related Incidents

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United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Subject/TRT Terms:

Adapted Motor Vehicles Adapted Vans Automobiles For The Physically Disabled Injury Rates Modified Vans Persons With Disabilities Restraint Systems Statistics Vans For The Physically Handicapped Wheelchair/Motor Vehicle Collisions Wheelchair Lifts Wheelchair Users
Publication/ Report Number:

HS-042 685
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21949/1403170
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Research Paper
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Corporate Publisher:

United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Abstract:

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA) recently completed a study of data from the Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC) National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) on cases involving injuries or deaths to wheelchair users involving motor vehicles that occurred during the period 1991-1995. Data on the non-crash related activity associated with the death or injury to wheelchair users, e.g., lift malfunction or improper wheelchair securement within the motor vehicle, were examined to determent the extent to which improper securement and or related activities were involved in the injury or death. The activity associated with injuries to wheelchair users could generally be classified into five categories: improper or no securement [in the motor vehicle]; collision between a wheelchair and a motor vehicle; wheelchair lift malfunction [lift fell, did not reach the ground, or person was thrown from the lift]; transferring to or from a motor vehicle; and falling onto or off of a ramp. Improper or no securement was involved in more than one-third (35%) of the incidents during the 5 year period.
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