https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2008.1.38

Motorcycle accident in a forensic-pathological perspective

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2008)
Submitted: 17 February 2013
Accepted: 17 February 2013
Published: 19 February 2008
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Annalisa Lanino
lucia.zoppi@pagepress.org
Centro Interdipartimentale di Studi e Ricerche sulla Sicurezza Stradale (Cirss), Dipartimento di Scienze Sanitarie Applicate e Psicocomportamentali, Università di Pavia, .
Anna Verri
Centro Interdipartimentale di Studi e Ricerche sulla Sicurezza Stradale (Cirss), Dipartimento di Scienze Sanitarie Applicate e Psicocomportamentali, Università di Pavia, .
Anna Morandi
Centro Interdipartimentale di Studi e Ricerche sulla Sicurezza Stradale (Cirss), Dipartimento di Scienze Sanitarie Applicate e Psicocomportamentali, Università di Pavia, .
Alessandra Marinoni
Centro Interdipartimentale di Studi e Ricerche sulla Sicurezza Stradale (Cirss), Dipartimento di Scienze Sanitarie Applicate e Psicocomportamentali, Università di Pavia, .
The purpose of this work is to investigate the association between the injuries in motorcycle accident and the main accident configurations. The data were provided by a multicentric case-control study MAIDS regarding the risk of crash and injuries of motorcyclists. Chi-square test was used to evaluate the relationship between the variables and a logistic regression was performed to evaluate the association of injury severity with some variables supposed to be predictive factors. Lesive patterns characterized by internal haemorrhages are mainly associated with fronto-lateral crashes, above all in urban areas. Lacerations or abrasions, mainly reported in torso and lower extremities, are mostly associated with single crashes or accidents in queue also for crashes occurred to low speed (< 50 km/h). The severity of injuries is highly associated with impact speed, regardless of the crash configuration. Fractures and haemorrhages play an importan role in determing the severity of injuries. The upper extremities are the anatomic area most frequently traumatised.

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Annalisa Lanino, Centro Interdipartimentale di Studi e Ricerche sulla Sicurezza Stradale (Cirss), Dipartimento di Scienze Sanitarie Applicate e Psicocomportamentali, Università di Pavia
Anna Verri, Centro Interdipartimentale di Studi e Ricerche sulla Sicurezza Stradale (Cirss), Dipartimento di Scienze Sanitarie Applicate e Psicocomportamentali, Università di Pavia
Anna Morandi, Centro Interdipartimentale di Studi e Ricerche sulla Sicurezza Stradale (Cirss), Dipartimento di Scienze Sanitarie Applicate e Psicocomportamentali, Università di Pavia
Alessandra Marinoni, Centro Interdipartimentale di Studi e Ricerche sulla Sicurezza Stradale (Cirss), Dipartimento di Scienze Sanitarie Applicate e Psicocomportamentali, Università di Pavia

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Lanino, A., Verri, A., Morandi, A., & Marinoni, A. (2008). Motorcycle accident in a forensic-pathological perspective. Emergency Care Journal, 4(1), 38–44. https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2008.1.38

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