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Wheelchair User Injuries and Deaths Associated with Motor Vehicle Related Incidents
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1997-09-01
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TRIS Online Accession Number:00757844
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NTL Classification:NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway Safety;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Accidents;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Vehicle Design;NTL-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES-Statistics;
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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. 4p.
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