Hamar G B, King W, Bolton A, Fine P R
Injury Prevention Research Center, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35294.
South Med J. 1991 Mar;84(3):349-54. doi: 10.1097/00007611-199103000-00011.
Death or injury resulting from crashes involving light trucks (ie, pickup trucks) is a significant problem. Data show that fatal crashes and occupant fatalities involving light trucks have steadily increased since 1983. This project describes vehicle crashes involving passengers riding in the beds of pickup trucks. Actual crashes were identified through the Fatal Accident Reporting System (FARS) of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The 40 incidents studied involved 204 pickup truck passengers. Of these, 45 were killed, 107 sustained visible injuries or were carried from the scene, 6 had bruises and abrasions, and 2 had no visible injury but were briefly unconscious or had a documented complaint of pain. The risk of death among pickup truck passengers who were fully ejected from the vehicle was nearly six times that of passengers not fully ejected. Correspondingly, the risk of ejection from the truck was 26.7 times greater among occupants riding in the bed than occupants riding in the cab.
涉及轻型卡车（即皮卡）的撞车事故导致的死亡或受伤是一个重大问题。数据显示，自1983年以来，涉及轻型卡车的致命撞车事故和车内人员死亡人数一直在稳步上升。该项目描述了皮卡车厢内乘客遭遇的车辆碰撞事故。实际碰撞事故是通过美国国家公路交通安全管理局的致命事故报告系统（FARS）确定的。所研究的40起事故涉及204名皮卡乘客。其中，45人死亡，107人受明显伤或被抬离现场，6人有擦伤，2人无明显伤但曾短暂昏迷或有疼痛记录。完全被弹出车外的皮卡乘客的死亡风险几乎是未完全弹出车外乘客的六倍。相应地，坐在皮卡车厢内的乘客被弹出车外的风险比坐在驾驶室的乘客高26.7倍。
