Novelty helmet use and motorcycle rider fatality
| Autor: | Taryn Erhardt, Lara Troszak, Motao Zhu, Roger B. Trent, Thomas M. Rice |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Male Risk Engineering Adolescent Applied psychology Poison control Human Factors and Ergonomics Computer security computer.software_genre Suicide prevention California Article Occupational safety and health Neck Injuries Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Age Distribution Injury Severity Score 0302 clinical medicine 0502 economics and business Injury prevention Odds Ratio Craniocerebral Trauma Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Safety Risk Reliability and Quality Aged 050210 logistics & transportation business.industry 05 social sciences Accidents Traffic Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Novelty Law enforcement Torso Human factors and ergonomics Extremities Middle Aged Police Motorcycles Relative risk Female Head Protective Devices business computer |
| Zdroj: | Accident Analysis & Prevention. 103:123-128 |
| ISSN: | 0001-4575 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.aap.2017.04.002 |
| Popis: | Objectives To compare the risk of fatal injury across helmet types among collision-involved motorcyclists. Methods We used data from a cohort of motorcyclists involved in police-reported traffic collisions. Eighty-four law enforcement agencies in California collected detailed information on helmet and rider characteristics during collision investigations in June 2012 through July 2013. Multiply-adjusted risk ratios were estimated with log-binomial regression. Results The adjusted fatal injury risk ratio for novelty helmets was 1.95 (95% CI 1.11–3.40, p 0.019), comparing novelty helmets with full-face helmets. The risk ratios for modular, open-face, and half-helmets, compared with full-face helmets, were not significant. Conclusions A more complete understanding of the inadequacy of novelty helmets can be used in educational and law enforcement countermeasures to improve helmet use among motorcycling populations in California and other US states. Law enforcement approaches to mitigating novelty helmet use would seem attractive given that novelty helmets can be visually identified by law enforcement officers with sufficient training. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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