KMID : 0360720140270030050
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Journal of the Korean Society Traumatology 2014 Volume.27 No. 3 p.50 ~ p.56
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Injury Analysis of a 25-passenger Bus Left-quarter Turn Rollover Accident
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Park Sang-Min
Kim Sang-Chul Lee Kang-Hyun Lee Jae-Wan Jeon Hyuk-Jin Kim Ho-Jung Kim Jin-Yong Kwak Young-Soo Lee Woo-Surng
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Abstract
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Purpose: Rollover motor vehicle crashes have a higher injury severity and fatality than other motor vehicle crash types. From a left-quarter turn rollover accident of 25-passenger bus, we intend to assess the injury of the occupant and the injury severities according to the occupants¡¯ position.
Methods: We carried out the 3 steps investigation of occupants¡¯ interview, visiting the repair shop and using the police report. We analyzed injuries sustained by occupants, and compared injury severities considering column, row in occupant¡¯s position and passenger interaction
Results: The rollover involved 14 passengers in the bus who were all old women except a man driver. The most common injury was in the upper extremity, with six occurrences being a left clavicle fracture. Major injuries including hemothorax and pneumothorax were diagnosed at left side of the occupant. In the comparison of injury severity among driver¡¯s column (left side), mid column and passengercolumn, ISS of passenger column was the highest (9.9¡¾7.4, 8.8 ¡¾5.5, and 10.3¡¾4.0, respectively, p>0.05). The injury severity of multiple occupants by row was higher than that of single occupant (10.8 vs. 3, p<0.05).
Conclusion: An occupant must fasten their seat belt to prevent an injury by passenger interaction in the left-quarter turn rollover accident of a bus.
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KEYWORD
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Traffic accident, Automobiles, Injury severity score, Seat belts
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