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esearch orientation 3_accident analyses, biomechanics, health
The extremely large amount of data that was collected has
improved our knowledge of the consequences of accidents
over a period of time. So far, the consequences after 6 months,
one year and 2 years have been analyzed and reported in a
number of publications (general consequences, posttraumatic
stress syndrome, impact on the return to work). More specific
analysis has been conducted into, for example, pedestrians
with cranial trauma, patients with whiplash injuries, the impact
on the families of the casualties with the most severe injuries
and the socioeconomic impact.
In September clinicians and researchers met at a symposium.
The next analyses will explore how the consequences of accidents
have changed over time and the impacts on specific
groups (patients with cranial trauma, patients injured in the
course of their work…).
@ CONTACT
martine.hours@ifsttar.fr
Narcotics and fatal accidents
The results of the SAM survey
What role do alcohol, narcotics and medicinal products
play in fatal accidents?
This topic is covered by two publications. They summarize
the results of the SAM (Narcotics and Fatal Accidents)
survey which was conducted by a multidisciplinary team
(César, LAB PSA Peugeot- Citroën/Renault, Inserm, INRETS
and OFDT) under the leadership of an IFSTTAR researcher,
Bernard Laumon (1) .
The SAM survey is based on the analysis of 10,000 fatal
accidents that occurred between October 2011 and September
2003. The fi rst fi ndings relate to the role of cannabis
in the causation of fatal road traffi c accidents and
were made public in 2005. Additional analysis, relating in
particular to the role of alcohol in road traffi c accidents have
been conducted since. These two aspects were covered
jointly for the fi rst time in a comprehensive report. This
report is the fi rst (epidemiological) volume of the report on
the SAM survey.
A second publication deals with accident analysis of over
1,000 fatal accidents. These were randomly selected during
the study. This work described the circumstances under
which the drivers involved in the accidents in question encounter
diffi culties and describes their nature.
(1) The SAM project wais funded by the Ministry of Health and coordinated by
the French monitoring centre for drugs and drug addiction (OFDT).
@ CONTACT
bernard.laumon@ifsttar.fr
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d’infos
These two publications
are available free of charge at
http://www.ofdt.fr
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THESES
Jean-Noël Amato_MA
Effects of des psychotropic drugs on
the driving behaviours of young and
elderly drivers (17/03/2011)
Xavier Bourdin_LBMC
Experimental characterization of the
human mesentery and approaches
for modelling the abdomen under
impact (13/07/2011)
Aline Brunon_LBMC
Local characterization of the failure
of liver tissue (19/10/2011)
Julien Causse_LBMC
Dynamic and muscular modelling of
the automobile access movement.
Experimental analysis and simulation
using a numerical model
(20/06/2011)
Idlir Licaj_UMRESTTE
Measuring the social inequalities
with regard to travel and road traffic
injury accidents among the young
(18/04/2011)
Mohand Medjkane_MA
Multi-scale analysis of road safety
(29/03/2011)
Florent Moissenet_LBMC
Advanced musculoskeletal modelling
for the dynamic simulation of
walking (09/06/2011)
Éric Wagnac_LBA
The sagittal spinal profile:
its influence in crash situations
(23/11/2011)
annual report 2011 ifsttar.fr