V. Conclusions
VI. References
VII. Appendices
Appendix I - Vehicle-Generated Carbon Monoxide
Deaths From 1998 Death Certificates
Appendix II - Summaries Of and Data From
Articles On Poisonings From Vehicle-Generated Carbon Monoxide
Appendix III - Backing Cases From 1998 Death
Certificates and LexisNexis™
Appendix IV – Backing Deaths Identified
in NHTSA’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) in Years
2000, 2001
Appendix V - Summaries Of and Data From
Articles On Deaths and Injuries From Vehicles Backing Up
Appendix VI – Backing Injury Data
Appendix VII – Passenger Compartment
Vehicle Heat Deaths Found in 1998 Death Certificates
Appendix VIII - Summaries Of Articles On
Power Window Deaths
List
of Tables
Table I: E-Codes Used in Locating
Death Certificates
Table II: Summary Data: Vehicle-Generated
Carbon Monoxide Deaths From 1998 Death Certificates
Table III: Carbon Monoxide Deaths
and Injuries Found In LexisNexis™ (1998-2002)
Table IV: Backing Deaths Identified
in 1998 Death Certificates By Age*
Table V: Backing Deaths Identified
in 1998 Death Certificates By Vehicle Type
Table VI: Backing Deaths Identified
in 1998 Death Certificates By Location
Table VII: Backing Incidents (1998
– 2002) Found in LexisNexis™
Table VIII: Summary Data from Backing
Deaths Identified in FARS – 2000, 2001
Table IX: 2000, 2001 Backing Deaths
Identified in FARS By Location
Table X:1998-2002: Vehicle Heat Deaths
& Injuries Found In LexisNexis™ By Age
Table XI: Trunk Entrapment Incidents
Found in LexisNexis™ 1987 - 2003
Table XII: Age of Trunk Entrapment
Victims, 1987 - 2003
Table XIII: 1998-2002: Vehicle Window
Cases From LexisNexis™
Appendices
Table XIV: Vehicle-Generated
Carbon Monoxide Deaths From 1998 Death Certificates
Table XV: (from Mott JA, et.al.) 1998
CDR (crude death rate) per 1 Million Person-years (No. of Deaths)
Table XVI: (from NHTSA Research Note)
Vehicle-Related Deaths Associated With CO Poisoning: 1995-1997*
Table XVII: (from NHTSA Research Note)
Accidental CO Fatalities with Stationary Vehicles by Vehicle Location:
1995-1997
Table XVIII: (from NHTSA Research Note)
All Accidental Vehicle-Related CO Fatalities in 1995-1997 by Season
of Occurrence
Table XIX: (from Marc LC et. al.) Risk
of Death for Four Accidental Poisoning Scenarios With All vehicles and
With Pre-1975 Vehicles Removed
Table XX: 1998 Backing Incidents Found
in Death Certificates (DC) and LexisNexis™ (LN)
Table XXI: 2000, 2001 Backing Deaths
Identified in FARS
Table XXII: (from Brison, et. al.) Average
Annual Death Rates by Age and Sex of Child for Non-Traffic and Traffic-Related
Pedestrian Incidents
Table XXIII: (from Brison, et. al.)
Characteristics of Non-Traffic and Traffic-Related Pedestrian Vehicle
Collisions to Children Less than Age Five
Table XXIV: (from Winn et. al.) Action
of Vehicles Involved in Non-traffic Accidents Involving Toddlers and
Preschoolers
Table XXV: (from Agran et. al.) Location
of Pedestrian Injury Events (N=345)
Table XXVI: (from Agran et. al.) Movement
and Type of Vehicle That Struck Pedestrian by Location of Injury, for
Four Major Location Types
Table XXVII: (from Agran et. al.) Gender
and Age of Pedestrians by Location of Injury, for Four Major Location
Types
Table XXVIII: (from Agran et. al.) Companions
by Location of Injury, for Four Major Types
Table XXIX: (from Agran et. al.) Disposition
by Location of Injury for Four Major Location Types
Table XXX: (from Nadler et. al.) Age
Distribution of Children Injured in Driveway Related Accidents and Types
of Vehicles Involved
Table XXXI: (from NHTSA Research Note)
Annual Estimates of Nonoccupant Fatalities in Off-Road Backing Crashes
– 1992-1993 Average
Table XXXII: (from NHTSA Research Note)
Annual Number of Nonoccupant Fatalities in On-Road Backing Crashes –
1992-1993 Average 65
Table XXXIII: Injuries from Backing
Incidents --National Projections Based on NEISS Data from July 1, 2000
– June 30, 2001
Table XXXIV: Backing Incidents: Annualized
GES National Estimates 1996-2000
Table XXXV: Vehicle Backing Incidents
Located In The 2000 NHAMCS (Emergency Department) File
Table XXXVI: Passenger Compartment Vehicle
Heat Deaths Found in 1998 Death Certificates
| This report was prepared by Ken Hardie, the Project Manager and
Safety Standards Engineer in NHTSA’s Office of Crash Avoidance
Standards, and Glenn Gamber of ALCOSYS, Inc., the contractor that
conducted the research involved. |