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Injuries Associated with Specific Motor Vehicle Hazards: Radiators, Batteries, Power Windows, and Power Roofs
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1997-07-01
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TRIS Online Accession Number:00754959
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NTL Classification:NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Vehicle Design
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Abstract:This report provides estimates of the numbers of persons injured as a result of
hazards involving four specific motor vehicle components: radiators, batteries,
power windows, and power roofs. The injury estimates are based upon data from
the Consumer Product Safety Commission's National Electronic Injury Surveillance
System (NEISS). NEISS collects data on a nationally representative sample of
consumer product-related injuries treated in hospital emergency rooms. NHTSA
has used NEISS to obtain data on injuries associated with specific motor vehicle
hazards that are non-crash related. During the period 10/1/93 through 9/30/94,
data from 591 (409 involving radiators; 171 involving batteries; 10 involving
power windows; and 1 involving a power roof) cases of persons injured and
treated in hospital emergency rooms were collected in NEISS. Based upon these
cases, it is estimated that in a twelve-month period: 19,638 persons are injured
due to radiators; 8,134 are injured due to batteries (7,051 due to motor vehicle
batteries); and 499 are injured due to power windows. The one case involving a
power roof was a result of the injured person being ejected due to a traffic
crash, and therefore, not related to a hazard associated with the power roof
itself. The report provides breakdowns of the injury estimates for radiators,
batteries, and power windows by.activity producing the injury, injury diagnosis
and severity, injured body region, and age/sex of the injured. Tables. 2167k, 52p.
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