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Fatal Injuries Among Motorcyclists In Klang Valley, Malaysia

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dc.contributor.authorNurul Kharmila Abdullahen_US
dc.contributor.authorRoszalina Ramlien_US
dc.contributor.authorJennifer Oxleyen_US
dc.contributor.authorFaridah Mohd Nooren_US
dc.contributor.authorMohd Shah Mahmooden_US
dc.contributor.authorAbdul Karim Tajuddinen_US
dc.contributor.authorRoderick McClureen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-28T04:40:20Z
dc.date.available2024-05-28T04:40:20Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.descriptionJournal of Forensic and Legal Medicine Volume 26, August 2014, Pages 39-45en_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: Motorcycle fatalities constitute the majority of road traffic deaths in Malaysia. The aims of this study were to describe the pattern of fatal injuries among Klang Valley fatal motorcyclists and to describe the factors associated with fatal (vs non-fatal) injuries. Methods: A cross-sectional analysis was performed on data from a case series of injured (fatal and nonfatal) motorcyclists recruited from Klang Valley between 14th March 2010 and 13th March 2011. Fatal cases in the cases series were identified from the Police files. Non-fatal cases were recruited from five major hospitals in the study region. Information used in the analyses were obtained from Police crash reports, hospital medical records, and Coroner's records of the participant sample. Results: Of the 177 fatal cases, 142 (80.2%) were categorised as instantaneous death while 35 (19.8%) cases were categorised as experiencing delayed death. Thirty two percent of the cases had a Maximum Abbreviated Injury Score (MAIS) of 5 with head injury being the most common cause of death. Significant predictors of fatal (vs non-fatal) injury included ethnic groups, monthly income, alcohol and drug use and road type. Alcohol and drug use was shown to be the strongest predictor with adjusted odds ratio (AOR) of 14.77 (95% CI 3.32e65.65). Conclusion: Factors related to the motorcyclists, road user behaviour and the road environment as well as pre-hospitalisation emergency care must be addressed efficiently in low and middle income countries to reduce the number and severity of motorcycle-related injuries.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2014.06.007
dc.identifier.epage45
dc.identifier.issn1752-928X
dc.identifier.spage39
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1752928X14001206
dc.identifier.urihttps://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/6039
dc.identifier.volume26
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Forensic and Legal Medicineen_US
dc.subjectFatal motorcycle crash ,en_US
dc.subjectInjury,en_US
dc.subjectPredictors of death ,en_US
dc.subjectKlang Valley Malaysiaen_US
dc.titleFatal Injuries Among Motorcyclists In Klang Valley, Malaysiaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication

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