JUNE 2003 - Alberta Centre for Injury Control & Research
JUNE 2003 - Alberta Centre for Injury Control & Research
JUNE 2003 - Alberta Centre for Injury Control & Research
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Table 2<br />
Haddon matrix <strong>for</strong> unintentional injuries involving motor vehicle collisions<br />
Pre-event<br />
Human Factors Agent or Vehicle Factors Physical Environment Socio-cultural Environment<br />
• Alcohol intoxication • Brakes, tires<br />
• Visibility of hazards<br />
• Attitudes about alcohol<br />
• Fatigue<br />
• Center of gravity<br />
• Road curvature and gradient<br />
• Laws related to impaired driving<br />
• Experience<br />
• Jackknife tendency<br />
• Divided highways<br />
• Speed limits<br />
• Driver vision<br />
• Ease of control<br />
• Intersections, access control<br />
• Support <strong>for</strong> injury prevention ef<strong>for</strong>ts<br />
• Amount of travel<br />
• Load weight<br />
• Signals<br />
• Speed capability<br />
Event<br />
• Seat belt use<br />
• Speed at impact<br />
• Recovery areas<br />
• Attitudes about safety belt use<br />
• Age<br />
• Vehicle size<br />
• Guard rails<br />
• Laws about safety belt use<br />
• Sex<br />
• Osteoporosis<br />
• Hardness and sharpness<br />
of contact surfaces<br />
• Load containment<br />
• Characteristics of fixed<br />
objects<br />
• Median barriers<br />
• En<strong>for</strong>cement of child passenger<br />
restraint laws<br />
• Roadside embankments<br />
Postevent<br />
• Age<br />
• Physical condition<br />
• Fuel system integrity • Emergency communications<br />
systems<br />
• Distance to and quality of<br />
emergency medical services<br />
• Support <strong>for</strong> trauma care systems<br />
• Training of emergency medical service<br />
personnel<br />
• Rehabilitation programs<br />
Source: Francescutti. (<strong>2003</strong>). Adapted from: National Committee <strong>for</strong> <strong>Injury</strong> Prevention and <strong>Control</strong>. (1998). <strong>Injury</strong> Prevention: Meeting the Challenge. New York:Ox<strong>for</strong>d University Press.<br />
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