Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to D W Hossack.
There is a widely held view in the community that elderly, and medically unfit, drivers are a hazard in the road system. It is important, therefore, that the true position regarding these drivers should be put before the public, because it appears from available evidence that this group does not provide a greater risk on the road than the general cross-section of drivers.
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A survey is presented of injuries received in 470 road accidents involving fatal injuries to pedestrians. A comparison is made between the absolute incidence of fatal major injuries in pedestrians and that in the occupants of vehicles. Whereas head and chest injuries in combination are also major causes of death in pedestrians, the greater frequency of traumatic lesions of the spine and lower extremities in pedestrians was to be expected. As in the case of car occupants, the contribution to death of aspirated blood and vomitus was extremely high.
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