Motor Vehicle Accidents 1 MVA Motor Vehicle Accidents

Motor Vehicle Accidents 1

MVA § Motor Vehicle Accidents are by & large the most common causes of personal injury, and the leading non-natural killer in the world today. § Estimation: § 115 deaths every day § 10 accidents every second § 100, 000 serious collisions occur on US highways every year § 40, 000+ die from auto accidents every year. Many more are seriously injured or permanently disabled 2

§ Auto injuries account for nearly 25% of the 5 million people who die from injuries each year. § Three times more men than women die as a result of road traffic collisions. § 59% of all driving fatalities, the person was not wearing a seatbelt. § Most accidents occur within 25 miles of home. 3

§ MVA’s kill & injure more than all other accidents combined. § Weapons § Water/Air Transport § Poisoning § Drowning § Accidental Falls § Fire 4

Vehicle Impact § 5 types of vehicle impact: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Frontal (32%) Lateral (15%) Rotational (38%) Rear-end (9%) Rollover (6%) 5

Events of Impact § Each type of vehicle impact progresses through a series of 5 events: 1. Vehicle collision – auto hits object 2. Body collision – occupant’s body hits vehicle’s interior 3. Organ collision – body hits vehicle’s interior, slows down & stops. Tissues behind contacting surface collide, on into another, as body comes to a halt 4. Secondary collision – occupant is impacted by objects traveling within the auto 5. Addition impact – vehicle receives second impact 6

Improper Driving - Car Accidents § 61. 6% of fatalities § Speeding § Right of way § Driving left of center § Improper turn § Improper passing § Following too closely 7

§ Most drivers engage in one or more activities while driving: § Eating § Talk on cell phone § Reading § Grooming § Movies § Radio 8

- Motorcycle Accidents § More motorcyclist fatalities occur on rural roads § Half of the fatalities are related to negotiating a curve prior to the crash § Almost two thirds of the fatalities are associated with speeding § Almost 60% of motorcyclist fatalities occur at night § Braking and steering maneuvers contribute for almost 25% of fatalities 9

Motorcycle Accidents § 3 types of motorcycle crashes 1. Initial bike/object collision 2. Rider/object collision 3. Rider/ground collision 10

- Semi-Truck Accidents § Every 16 minutes, a person is killed or sustains injuries in accidents involving 18 -wheelers, tractor-trailers, or semi-trucks § About 700 heavy truck drivers & passengers in truck cabs die each year. Almost 3, 700 people in cars & other passenger vehicles die annually in collisions with heavy trucks 11

Never Drink & Drive § A person is killed in an alcohol-related tragedy every 20 minutes § 17, 000 drunk driving related deaths occur every year in the US § Hundreds of thousands of lives are affected by the deaths of drunk 12 driving victims.

-Drunk Driving Victims§ Christopher Oseguera, 18 § Killed by a drunk driver § January 15, 2000 § Burned alive inside his jeep that caught on fire immediately after the collision 13

-Drunk Driving Victims§ Sean Adkins, 17 § Killed by drunk driver § March 31, 1995 § Impaired driver hit Sean’s car at 63 mph. Sean flew 106’ to his death. 14

Denise Wagoner § § § 15 extensive surgeries Seven on face alone Disfigured, blind Permanent brain damage Denise was the impaired driver 15

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Jacqui Saburido § § 9/19/99 20 yrs old 2 passengers killed instantly Hands, Hair, ears, nose, left eyelid, most of her vision § 40 operations § Reggie Stephey convicted of 2 counts of manslaughter, 7 years in prison, $20, 000 18

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