Motor Vehicle Crash Injury

Ages 16-19

-3 times more likely to crash. -3 times overall crash rate per 100 million miles when compared to other age groups.

50; 35; 1,500

-Adults move forward with several thousand pounds of forward moving force. -Getting hit and moving forward with that force, whatever you're holding gets crushed. -A pet that weighs ___ pounds in a ___ mph collision is projected forward like a cannonball with ____ pounds of force.

Road Rage

-An intentional assault by a driver or passenger with a motor vehicle or a weapon, on the roadway or precipitated by an incident on a roadway. -Purposeful. -Puts you and someone else at risk for bodily harm.

Speeding

-Becomes aggressive driving when a vehicle's speed is too high for conditions or substantially exceeds the prevailing travel speeds of other vehicles. -Speed limits MUST be accepted if they are to be effective. -Breaking distance is bigger when you go faster. -Increases erratic behavior.

NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)

-Counts only traffic fatalities that occur within 30 days of the crash. -We use this one. -Die at 31 days, they don't count it .

NSC (National Safety Council)

-Counts total traffic fatalities that occur within one year of the crash. -Could be in a coma or have a breathing tube.

Aggressive Driving

-Driving actions that markedly exceed the norms of safe driving behavior and that place the driver or other road users in unnecessary danger. -NOT the same as road rage. -Following too closely -Erratic or unsafe lane changes -Speeding -Running red lights

Reaction Time

-How quickly you react. -Ex. push the brake.

Human Collision

-Human impacts with car. -Your body goes same speed as car. -Ex: not wearing a seatbelt; someone in the back hitting the front seat.

Internal movement within the body

-Internal organs strike against the solid structures of the body. -Ex: brain hitting skull; ruptured spleen; bruising; etc.

Vehicle-Vehicle crash

-One of the most common crashes. -Hit in the front end, front end will collapse, hit in the back end back end will collapse; sides (T bone). -Try to make cars safer; front more resistant to damage; guards on the side; roll bars on some cars.

1.5 million

Almost _____ per death is associated with motor vehicle crash death.

Vehicle Collision

Car hits car.

25%

Cell phones used in ____% of crashes.

rural; 48%

Deaths occur most frequently in _____ areas. _____% of crashes resulting in mortality occurred in rural areas in 2016.

Risky driving

Defined by going too slowly or not accurately judging the speed of vehicles when trying to make a left turn.

Breaking Distance

Distance between hitting the break and when car comes to a stop.

58%

Distracted driving accounts for more than ____% of "teen" crashes.

25%

Distracted driving accounts for nearly ____% of motor vehicle crash fatality

75 and older

Drivers ______ are involved in more crashes that result in a fatality than any other age group.

-Fatigue -Medications -Sleep Apnea -Shift Work -Narcolepsy

Falling asleep at the wheel can be due to?

2 times

Fatal crash rate is ___ times higher for males.

Fender benders

Females are more involved in _____.

37%

Helmets reduce fatalities by ____%

30

If a child was being held by an adult and a crash occurred: The forward force would be ____ times the child's weight.

Physical capabilities diminish -Fragility increases -Medication use increases -Startle easily

Issues of older drivers

No seatbelt -Distractions (phone) -Multiple passengers in the car

Issues of young drivers 16-19

Motor vehicle crashes

Leading cause of unintentional death for all age groups in U.S.

Fatal crashes

Males are most often involved in ______.

urban

Nonfatal crashes (fender benders) occur more frequently in ____ areas.

3 elements of a crash

Perception time, reaction time, breaking distance.

45% ; 69%

Seatbelts reduce fatality by ____% and reduces injury by ____%

Seatbelts

The single most effective way to save lives.

-Learner's permit -Provisional license -Full license

Three phase system for beginning drivers

-Less likely to have traffic laws. -No minimum driving age. -No paved roads. -Have older cars that are less safe.

Why are crashes more likely to occur in low/middle income countries?

When they're behind the wheel & location; more likely to drive in city/urban areas; stop and go; picking/dropping off children; coming home from work (closer to home).

Why are females more involved in crashes/fender benders?

Males more likely to be involved in risky behavior, drive drunk, engage in risky behavior; more likely to be behind the wheel.

Why are males more involved in fatal crashes?

More crashes in urban area because more traffic lights, more stop signs, more traffic flow, etc.

Why more crashes in urban areas?

More fatalities in rural area because less traffic lights, less stop signs, 2 lane highways, higher rates of speed, emergency personnel slow to respond.

Why more fatalities in rural areas?

Perception Time

You perceive something in your path.

2 out of 3

__ out of every ___ drivers uses a phone while driving.

90%

____ global traffic deaths occur in low/middle income countries.

60%

____ of drivers/vehicles crash in low/middle income countries.

80%

____% of crashes injure or kill a motorcycle rider.

80%

____% of fatalities occur on a dry road. People relax because they think nothing will happen on a dry road.

80%

____% of people wear a seatbelt today.

9

_____ people in United States killed each day as a result of distracted driving.

Head injury

______ is a leading cause of death in motorcycle crashes.

1.35 million

______ million people are killed on roadways yearly.

60%

______% of all motor vehicle deaths occur during the day. (Afternoon rush hour on weekdays Late night on weekends).