Navigating Risk: A Comprehensive Study on Pedestrian-Vehicle Collision Factors
This study found that substance use disorders and psychiatric illness were the strongest predictor of PSMV among trauma patients. Surprisingly, children and the elderly were less likely to present as a PSMV compared to other blunt mechanisms, challenging prevailing beliefs. A 2-fold increase in complications and nearly 3-fold increase in mortality after PSMV highlights the need for both pedestrians and drivers to exercise caution in shared spaces and increased efforts for primary prevention.
Authors
- Flora S. Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1609-3040)
- Matthew Dolich
- Michael Lekawa
- Areg Grigorian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0998-796X)
- Jeffry T. Nahmias (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0094-571X)
- Sigrid Burruss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9158-3894)
- Jinbo Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6156-6735)
Institutions
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- University of California, Irvine Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Surgical Research
- Published
- 2024-12-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2024.11.030
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Traffic and Road Safety
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.36