Atkins R M, Turner W H, Duthie R B, Wilde B R
Nuffield Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Headington, Oxford.
BMJ. 1988 Dec 3;297(6661):1431-4. doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1431.
Although there have been many reports on injuries to occupants of cars in road traffic accidents, there have been few prospective studies of injuries to pedestrians in such accidents. For this reason a two year prospective study of pedestrians in road traffic accidents in the Oxford region was carried out. The incidence of death in pedestrians was significantly higher than in car occupants or motorcyclists. The principal determinant of death was the weight of the vehicle concerned. The most common site of injury was the head because of a high incidence of brief concussion, but the most common site of serious injuries was the leg. Injuries to all regions of the body increased with age and with the weight of the vehicle in the collision. Accidents most often concerned young children or the elderly.
尽管已有许多关于道路交通事故中汽车乘客受伤情况的报告,但针对此类事故中行人受伤情况的前瞻性研究却很少。因此,对牛津地区道路交通事故中的行人进行了为期两年的前瞻性研究。行人的死亡率显著高于汽车乘客或骑摩托车者。死亡的主要决定因素是相关车辆的重量。由于轻度脑震荡发生率较高,受伤最常见的部位是头部,但重伤最常见的部位是腿部。身体所有部位的损伤都随着年龄以及碰撞时车辆的重量而增加。事故大多涉及幼儿或老年人。